Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
Auteur van Contact
Over de Auteur
A respected planetary scientist best known outside the field for his popularizations of astronomy, Carl Sagan was born in New York City on November 9, 1934. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a B.A. in 1954, a B.S. in 1955, and a M.S. in 1956 in physics as well as a Ph.D. in toon meer 1960 in astronomy and astrophysics. He has several early scholarly achievements including the experimental demonstration of the synthesis of the energy-carrying molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in primitive-earth experiments. Another was the proposal that the greenhouse effect explained the high temperature of the surface of Venus. He was also one of the driving forces behind the mission of the U.S. satellite Viking to the surface of Mars. He was part of a team that investigated the effects of nuclear war on the earth's climate - the "nuclear winter" scenario. Sagan's role in developing the "Cosmos" series, one of the most successful series of any kind to be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System, and his book The Dragons of Eden (1977) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1978. He also wrote the novel Contact, which was made into a movie starring Jodie Foster. He died from pneumonia on December 20, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (1997) 2,356 exemplaren
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (1985) 1,556 exemplaren
The Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the Television Series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan 4 exemplaren
Space Age Dreamer 3 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episode 8 3 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episode 3 3 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episode 7 3 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episode 13 3 exemplaren
Origins of Life 3 exemplaren
Cosmos: Carl Sagan, Disc 6, Episode 10-11 2 exemplaren
COSMOS DISC 5 2 exemplaren
Cosmos: Carl Sagan, Disc 7, Episode 12-13 2 exemplaren
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan (2007-11-06) 2 exemplaren
Carl Sagan's Cosmos [DVD] [1980] 2 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episodes 5 & 6 2 exemplaren
COSMOS DISC 3 2 exemplaren
Works by Carl Sagan (Study Guide): Cosmos: a Personal Voyage, Pale Blue Dot, Contact, the Demon-Haunted World, the… (2010) 2 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet 2 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episodes 3 & 4 2 exemplaren
Untitled on Mars 2 exemplaren
Cosmos. capítulo 4. El filo de la eternidad 2 exemplaren
Cosmos, Episodes 1 & 2 2 exemplaren
Cosmos. capítulo 10. Cielo e infierno 2 exemplaren
Cosmos. capítulo 9. La armonía de los mundos 2 exemplaren
To Preserve A World Graced By Life 2 exemplaren
sagan 2 exemplaren
Carl Sagan: Broca's Brain : Reflections on the Romance of Science (Mass Market Paperback); 1993 Edition 1 exemplaar
A glorious dawn [single] 1 exemplaar
Experiments in Utopias 1 exemplaar
The Variety of Supernatural Experience, excerpt NATURAL HISTORY, 105, no. 2, (1996): 16-17 1 exemplaar
Cosmos 1980 publication. 1 exemplaar
Cosmos. La vida de las estrellas 1 exemplaar
コスモス(宇宙) 第4巻 : 果てしない宇宙へ向かって : 過去と未来へのタイムトラベル 1 exemplaar
Cosmos: Carl Sagan [VHS 1, 2, and 5 of 7 Only] 1 exemplaar
NOVA: The Case of the Ancient Astronauts 1 exemplaar
Cosmos, Episodes 7 & 8 1 exemplaar
Articles 1 exemplaar
Reflections on the Universe 1 exemplaar
Cosmos. capítulo 6. Enciclopedia galáctica 1 exemplaar
Cosmos Boxed Set (Collector's Edition) [VHS] 1 exemplaar
Cosmos: Carl Sagan, Disc 4, Episode 6-7 1 exemplaar
COSMOS DISC2 1 exemplaar
Cosmos, Episodes 11 & 12 — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Cosmos, Episodes 9 & 10 1 exemplaar
Cosmos: Carl Sagan, Disc 2, Episode 2-3 1 exemplaar
コスモス(宇宙) 第3巻 : 人類と宇宙のかかわりあい : 人間と異星人を形づくるもの 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Sagan, Carl
- Officiële naam
- Sagan, Carl Edward
- Geboortedatum
- 1934-11-09
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1996-12-20
- Graflocatie
- Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- pneumonia
- Woonplaatsen
- Ithaca, New York, USA
Rathway, New Jersey, USA - Opleiding
- University of Chicago (BA ∙ 1954 ∙ BS ∙ Physics ∙ 1955)
University of Chicago (MS ∙ Physics ∙ 1956)
University of Chicago (Ph.D ∙ Astronomy and Astrophysics ∙ 1960) - Beroepen
- astronomer
science writer
scientist
professor
television presenter
physicist - Relaties
- Margulis, Lynn (first wife)
Druyan, Ann (third wife)
Sagan, Dorion (son)
Sagan, Nick (son)
Salzman, Linda (second wife) - Organisaties
- Cornell University
Harvard University
American Astronautical Society
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (toon alle 15)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Children's Health Fund Advisory Board
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CISCOP)
Council for a Livable World
Council on Foreign Relations
Federation of American Scientists
Guggenheim Foundation
International Academy of Humanism
Planetary Society - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Fellow, American Physical Society (1989)
American Philosophical Society (1995)
International Space Hall of Fame (2004)
Pulitzer Prize (1978)
John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award (1982)
Joseph Priestley Award (1976) (toon alle 32)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal (Awarded by the Soviet Cosmonauts Federation, 1987)
Harold Masursky Award for Meritorious Service to Planetary Science (1991)
Explorers Club, Lowell Thomas Award (1980)
Oersted Medal (1990, American Association of Physics Teachers)
Public Welfare Medal (1994)
NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1977)
Emmy (Outstanding Individual Achievement, 1981)
Emmy (Outstanding Informational Series, 1981)
Humanist of the Year (1981)
Hugo Award (1981, 1988)
Isaac Asimov Award (1994)
Peabody Award (1980)
Klumpke-Roberts Award (1974)
Golden Plate Award (1975)
Locus Award (1986)
Grand-Cross, Order of Saint James of the Sword (1998)
Pantheon of Skeptics (2011)
NASA Apollo Achievement Award (1970)
Prix Galabert (1973)
Peter Lavan Award (1984)
New Priorities Award (1984)
Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize Award (1984)
SANE National Peace Award (1984)
Olive Branch Award (1984, 1986, 1989)
Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest (1985)
Nahum Goldmann Medal (1986) - Agent
- Morton Janklow
- Korte biografie
- Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 500 million people in over 60 countries.[2] A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name. During his lifetime, Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books. In his works, he frequently advocated skeptical inquiry, secular humanism, and the scientific method.
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