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Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist and science communicator who popularized science and pioneered exobiology. He is renowned for his novel Contact and his appearance in the television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
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Why did jen mock Luke?
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What are facts about Carl Sagan?
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*Apple named a 1994 prototype ''Carl Sagan''. Dr. Sagan, fearing the name would sound like an endorsement. requested the name be changed. Apple chose to rename the prototype ''BHA'' for ''Buthead Astronomer''. Sagan sued Apple for this. Apple won. Carl Sagan sued Apple for using his name, but lost again. Apple changed the name of the prototype a final time to ''LaW'', or Lawyers are Wimps''.
*Carl Sagan was a secret weed smoker.
*Contrary to popular belief, Carl Sagan actually never said his famous catchphrase ''Billions and Billions'' until his final book entitled ''Billions and Billions: thoughts on life and death at the Brink of the Millennium''. In that book, hew revealed that Johnny Carson said it while imitating Sagan and started the meme.
What is Carl Sagan most famous for?
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Dr. Carl Sagan
him because he wrote books and was often on television.Dr. Carl Sagan was a very famous astronomer. He was also very curious about astronomy. His parents taught him to search for the answers to his many questions about science. As an adult, Dr. Sagan continued to look for answers to questions about science. He was among the first to think that life could have existed on Mars. Good-day!
What famous invention did Carl Sagan make?
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He is an author of golden tables with the message to other civilizations placed on the probes Pioneer.
Who did Carl Sagan marry?
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Sagan was married three times. He first married Lynn Margulis in 1957. In 1968, he married Linda Salzmann.
In 1981, he married Ann Druyan, who was a collaborator with him on the Cosmos project. They both collaborated on many projects until Sagan's death in 1996.
Where did Carl Sagan go to college?
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Sagan grew up in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the University of Chicago. The majority of his life he lived in Ithaca, NY where he taught at Cornell University.
Sagan lived in Seattle, WA for small periods of time near his death when he received bone marrow transplants there at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He died there on December 20, 1996
What did Carl Sagan do for a living?
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Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, astrochemist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and worked closely with 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 seriesCosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 500 million people in over 60 countries. A book to accompany the program was also published.
One of the last books he wrote was Pale Blue Dot. 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.
How many spouses has Carl Sagan had?
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Sagan had five children:
Dorion
Jeremy
Nick
Alexandra
Sam
Why did Carl Sagan do Cosmos?
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he is famous because he did alot of sciencey things and wrote lots of good books
Why did Carl Sagan study planets?
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The majority of Sagan's work in the scientific community revolved around the planet Venus.
What did Carl Sagan mean when he said that you are star stuff?
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He meant that the elements that make you up were forged in stars and when stars go nova, or super nova, all these elements are spewed into the cosmos and constitute all matter, including living beings.
When Carl sagan died?
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Carl Sagan was born November 9, 1934 and, sadly, died on December 20, 1996
What is the main story line of the book 'Cosmos' by Carl Sagan?
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The story is based around the 15 billion years of cosmic evolution and the transformation of matter and life grew into conciseness to life as we know it. It looks at the scientific growth with civilisation.
When did Carl Sagan die?
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Carl Sagan died on December 20, 1996. He was 62 years old.
