WebHis son, Dorion Sagan said, "My father believed in the God of Spinoza and Einstein, God not behind nature but as nature, equivalent to it." [120] His last wife, Ann Druyan, stated: When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me—it still sometimes happens—and ask me if Carl …

WebCarl Edward Sagan (Nueva York, 9 de noviembre de 1934-Seattle, 20 de diciembre de 1996) fue un astrónomo, astrofísico, cosmólogo, astrobiólogo, escritor y divulgador científico estadounidense.Inicialmente fue profesor asociado de la Universidad de Harvard y posteriormente profesor principal de la Universidad de Cornell.En esta última, fue el …

WebThe Cosmic Calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe, scaling its currently understood age of 13.8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for pedagogical purposes in science education or popular science.. In this visualization, the Big Bang took place at the beginning of January 1 at midnight, and the current moment maps …

WebCarl Sagan (/ k ɑ ɹ l ˈ s e ɪ ɡ ə n / [Note 1]), né le 9 novembre 1934 à Brooklyn et mort le 20 décembre 1996 à Seattle (), est un scientifique et astronome américain.Il est l'un des fondateurs de l'exobiologie, et a soutenu le programme SETI de recherche d'intelligence extraterrestre.Il a réalisé la série documentaire de vulgarisation scientifique Cosmos, …

WebCarl Edward Sagan (* 9. November 1934 in Brooklyn, New York; † 20. Dezember 1996 in Seattle, Washington) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom, Astrophysiker, Exobiologe, Fernsehmoderator, Sachbuchautor und Schriftsteller ... Mutter von Jeremy und Dorion Sagan), 1968 die Künstlerin Linda Salzman (* 1940, ...

WebCarl Sagan casou-se três vezes: Em 1957, com a bióloga Lynn Margulis, mãe do escritor Dorion Sagan e do programador e empresário do ramo da informática Jeremy Sagan; em 1968, com a artista e roteirista Linda Salzman, mãe do escritor e roteirista Nick Sagan; e, em 1981, com a escritora Ann Druyan, mãe da produtora, roteirista e diretora Sasha …

WebLynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution.Historian Jan Sapp has said that "Lynn Margulis's name is as synonymous with symbiosis as Charles Darwin's is with evolution." In particular, Margulis …

WebVoyager 1 was launched in 1977, passed the orbit of Pluto in 1990, and left the Solar System (in the sense of passing the termination shock) in November 2004.It is now in the Kuiper belt.In about 40,000 years, it and Voyager 2 will each come to within about 1.8 light-years of two separate stars: Voyager 1 will have approached star Gliese 445, located in the …

WebCosmos is a popular science book written by astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan.It was published in 1980 as a companion piece to the PBS mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage with which it was co-developed and intended to compliment. Each of the book’s 13 illustrated chapters corresponds to one of the 13 episodes of the television series.

WebThe Voyager Golden Record contains 116 images and a variety of sounds. The items for the record, which is carried on both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University.Included are natural sounds (including some made by animals), musical selections from different cultures and …