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   Who was Carl Sagan?

   • Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996) played a leading role in the American space program from its very beginning. He was a consultant and adviser to NASA beginning in the 1950s -- he briefed the Apollo astronauts before their flights to the Moon. Carl was born in New York City on November 9, 1934.

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   How old was Carl Sagan when he died?

   • "Carl Sagan dies at 62". CNN. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2011. Sagan was a noted astronomer whose lifelong passion was searching for intelligent life in the cosmos. ^ "APS Fellow Archive".

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   Why was Carl Sagan controversial?

   • A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and religion. (Read Carl Sagan’s Britannica entry on extraterrestrial life.)

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   What made Carl Sagan so great?

   • "Part of what made him great was the number of things he pursued," says NASA's David Morrison, director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Morrison marveled both at Sagan's breadth of accomplishments and his lack of self-importance.

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   Was Carl Sagan involved in the Cold War?

   • Carl Sagan discussed his involvement in the political nuclear winter debates and his erroneous global cooling prediction for the Gulf War fires in his book The Demon-Haunted World. ^ a b "The U.S. National Security State and Scientists'Challenge to Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War. Paul Harold Rubinson 2008" (PDF).

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   What car did Carl Sagan drive?

   • While there he drove a red Porsche 911 Targa and an orange 1970 Porsche 914 with the license plate PHOBOS. In 1994, engineers at Apple Computer code-named the Power Macintosh 7100 "Carl Sagan" in the hope that Apple would make "billions and billions" with the sale of the PowerMac 7100.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Carl_SaganCarl Sagan - Wikipedia

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   Sagan was a popular public advocate of skeptical scientific inquiry and the scientific method; he pioneered the field of exobiology and promoted the search for extra-terrestrial intelligent life ( SETI ). He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies.

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   May 27, 2024 · Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science writer. A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence.

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5. www.biography.com › scientists › carl-saganCarl Sagan - Cosmos, Quotes & Books - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Carl Sagan was one of the most well-known scientists of the 1970s and 1980s. He studied extraterrestrial intelligence, advocated for nuclear disarmament and co-wrote and hosted 'Cosmos: A...

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Carl Sagan, a leading planetary scientist and popularizer of science. He was a consultant and adviser to NASA, a professor at Cornell University, and a founder of The Planetary Society.

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   Nov 22, 2021 · Carl Sagan was a scientist and educator best known for his TV series Cosmos, the Pale Blue Dot image of Earth and quotes about life and Earth.

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   Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer. He was very interested in what life on other planets would be like, which is known as SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence). Sagan was a science communicator, which meant he taught people about science.

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   Mar 16, 2014 · Learn about the life and achievements of Carl Sagan, the famed astronomer who hosted Cosmos and popularized planetary science. From his predictions on Venus and Mars to his work on UFOs and nuclear winter, Sagan was a versatile and influential figure in science and culture.