The Death of Carl Sagan

Dr. Carl Edward Sagan, Ph.D. (November 9, 1934 December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrochemist, 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 600 million people in over 60 countries, making it the most widely watched PBS program in history.[2] A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 Robert Zemeckis film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. 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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[blazeblitzblade]

Carl Sagan will forever live in our hearts and minds and in our love for the Universe and the awe it brings to us. Even in death he was optimistic. May he rest in peace.

[human2011able]

TRUTH POINTED OUT BY CARL IS TO BE SEEN BY US, CARL IS UTTERLY UNIMPORTANT LIKE A TELEPHONE BUT TRUTH SPOKEN THROUGH IT IS TO BE LISTENED; AS DEATH IS A IRREVOCABLE FACT FOR EACH ONE OF US!

[JesusDiedlol667]

His show cosmos is still on the science channel and he's popular today. I watched it when I was in early highschool. I love carl sagan

[Drensworth]

Man, what a loss to the world. The human race is privileged to have received his wisdom during his brief run... I wish he was here now, the guy would of loved the findings of the Kepler space telescope of planets!

[g4canalla]

un grande...