Dr.+Carl+Sagan

__ Carl Sagan __ By: larac851 Diagram:

Early Life :

Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9th, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York. Sagan grew up where he was born, New York. He graduated at the University of Chicago. He graduated with a Ph. D. in astronomy and astrophysics. 

Awards: v The NASA distinguished public service medal . (1977) v The Pulitzer Prize for General Non- Fiction. (1978) v The Oersted Medal. (1990) v The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal. (1994) Books Published: v He wrote the book //Contact,// in 1985 and in 1977 it became a movie. v He wrote the book //Cosmos,// that later became a movie. It was also the bestselling science book in English. In total it was watched by 50 million people in over 60 countries. v He wrote //The Cosmic Connection,// about aliens in 1973. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">He wrote //The Dragons of Eden: Speculations of the Evolution of Human Intelligence,// which is the cause for his Pulitzer Prize. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Carl Sagan wrote 16 books in total.

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Accomplishments In life: v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Found out that humans can’t live in Venus. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Started the //Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.//(SETI) v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">One of the founders of the Planetary Society. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Studied the surface features and chemical atmospheres in different planets. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Studied the seasonal changes of Mars. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Worked for NASA as a consultant and advisor. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Helped the astronauts going on the //Apollo//. v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Was an experimenter on the //Mariner, Viking, Voyager,// and //Galileo.// v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Got //Asteroid 2709 Sagan// named after him.

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">He was an: v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Astronomer v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Planetary Scientist v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Astrophysicist v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Exobiologist v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Educator v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Writer v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Experimenter v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Science Popularizer

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Late life: <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Sagan married three women, the last on being Ann Druyan. Sagan ended up with five kids; Dorion, Jeremy, Nicholas, Sasha, and Sam. Carl Sagan died December 10th, 1996 in Seattle, Washington. Sagan died from pneumonia.

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Citations: v <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">" **Carl Sagan.**" //Britannica School.// Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 23 Sep. 2013. < <span style="color: #096283; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">>. v [Image.] [] September 20, 2013 v [Image.] September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author “Biography for Carl Sagan.” [] Imdb.com associates. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author. “Carl Sagan.” [] A+E Associates. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author. “Carl Sagan” [] Druyan- Sagan associates. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author. “Carl Sagan: Author profile.” [] Goodreads Inc. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author. “Carl Sagan Biography”. [] Advameg Inc. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013 v Unknown Author. Unknown title. [] Google Inc. Date of publication unknown. Web. September 20, 2013.
 * v ****<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Poundstone, William. //Carl Sagan: A life in the cosmos.// New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1999. Print. **
 * v ****<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Spandenburg, Ray and Kit Moser. //Carl Sagan: A biography.// ** Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004 . **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> Print. **