Born | Carl Edward Sagan, November 9, 1934, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 20, 1996, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Resting place | Lake View Cemetery (Ithaca, New York) |
Nationality | American |
Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Space science, Planetary science |
Institutions | Cornell University, Harvard University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, University of California, Berkeley |
Alma mater | University of Chicago, (BA, BS, MS, PhD) |
Thesis | Physical studies of planets (1960) |
Doctoral students | Clark Chapman, James B. Pollack, Owen Toon |
Known for | Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), ', Cosmos, Voyager Golden Record, Pioneer plaque, The Dragons of Eden, Contact, Pale Blue Dot, The Demon-Haunted World |
Notable awards | Klumpke-Roberts Award (1974), NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (1977), Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1978), Oersted Medal (1990), Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (1993), National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal (1994) |
Children | 5, including Sasha, Dorion and Nick |
About Carl Sagan
Astronomer Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on November 9, 1934. He dies at the age of 62, on December 20, 1996.
Astronomer whose passion for space motivated readers and television viewers to gaze up at the sky. He is most known for co-writing and presenting Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, an award-winning 1980 television series.
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Carl Sagan before becoming famous
Carl Sagan was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1934 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He had a great drive to learn as a child and was fascinated with dinosaurs and stars.
Achievement of Carl Sagan
Contact, his novel, was transformed into a film starring Movie Actor Matthew McConaughey, Movie Actor James Woods, and Movie Actress Jodie Foster in 1997.
Carl Sagan's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
In 1981, he married TV Producer Ann Druyan, his third wife.
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a follow-up to Astronomer Carl Sagan's Cosmos, was hosted by Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2014.
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