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Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan

cosmologist

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Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is his research on the greenhouse effect on the atmosphere of Venus. Sagan is the author of the bestselling book Cosmos and hosted the television series of the same name.

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Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager programs. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and several popular science books, starting with The Cosmic Connection. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Dragons of Eden.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Carl Sagan. American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)

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1930s
1934

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