The American astronomer and popularizer of science Carl E. Sagan (1934-1996) studied the surfaces and atmospheres of the major planets, conducted experiments on the origins of life on earth, made important contributions to the debate over the...

Born in 1934 in New York City, Carl Edward Sagan earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago. He conducted research and lectured at the University of California in Berkeley and Harvard University. In 1970, he became the...

"We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have children and develop a rich social, sexual and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings. Yet we hunger to understand, so we...

Of all the spokespeople for the space sciences active during the last three decades of the twentieth century, astronomer Carl Sagan was the most widely recognized and articulate. Through his accessible and instructive writings on the subject of space...

1934-1996 American Astronomer and Biologist For most teenagers and adults living in the 1970s, the idea of space exploration was synonymous with the name Carl Sagan. His enormously popular television series Cosmos and his many appearances on the...

American Astronomer, Author, and Educator 1934-1996 Carl Sagan was a Pulitzer-prize winning author, visionary educator, and devoted scientist. He worked to extend humankind's reach into the solar system, and to help people understand the...

American astronomer One of the first scientists to take an active interest in the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the Universe, and an astronomer that was both a best-selling author and a popular television figure, Carl Sagan was one of the...

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9 1934 – December 20 1996) was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-22-1996 CARL SAGAN Date: 12-22-1996, Sunday Section: REVIEW & OUTLOOK Edition: All Editions -- Sunday ONE of Carl Sagan's greatest gifts was his generosity of spirit. A noted astronomer and researcher, he could have remained in...

WE MOVED OFFICES, AND I BEGAN TO purge files, stuff I don't need and haven't looked at in years. Digging deep, I came across a fat file marked "Sagan." The astronomer died in December 1996. Save? Throw away? From the documents,...

Engineers will travel to this Puerto Rican coastal town in coming weeks to study whether to shut down the world's largest radio telescope, which was featured in the movie "Contact" but now faces steep budget cuts, observatory officials said Thursday.Opened in 1963, the Arecibo telescope,...

Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies.About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three...

In the following essay, Adler discusses Sagan's unshakable faith in science over religion even in the face of fatal illness.

In the following review, Ackland offers praise for A Path Where No Man Thought.

In the following essay, Gould praises Sagan's contribution to the popular presentation of science.