Carl Sagan

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Carl Sagen

Name: Carl Sagan

Born: November 9, 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Death: December 20, 1996 (Age: 62)

Computer-related contributions

  • Astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator.
  • Isaac Asimov described Sagan as one of only two people he would admit were more intelligent than he was, the other being Marvin Minsky.
  • Known for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,Cosmos,Voyager Golden Record, Pioneer plaque, Contact, and Pale Blue Dot.

Significant publications

  • Contact. Simon and Schuster, (1985).
  • The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan (writer) & Ann Druyan (editor), (1985).
  • He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books.

Honors and awards

  • NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (1977).
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1978).
  • Oersted Medal (1990).
  • National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal (1994).

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