Carl Sagan
Born 9 November 1934 · Died 20 December 1996
From Brooklyn, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Carl Sagan was an American Pulitzer-prize winning author and astrophysicist. Sagan is the author of more than 600 publications.
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Quotes
“The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the search for a generally acceptable cosmic context for the human species. In the deepest sense, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.”
Broca's Brain, Chapter 22 “We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it’s forever.”
Cosmos, p. 30 “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
Cosmos, p. 4 “The best antidote for pseudoscience, I firmly believe, is science.”
Broca's Brain, Chapter 5 “The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we are.”
Cosmos, p. 250
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Books by Carl Sagan in order
Books by Carl Sagan in the order they were published, from Planets (1966) to The Varieties of Scientific Experience (2006).
- 1Planets
Planets1966 - 2Planetary ExplorationPlanetary Exploration1970
- 3Planetary Atmospheres
Planetary Atmospheres1971 - 4UFO’s
UFO’s1972 - 5The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection1973 - 6Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence1974 - 7Other Worlds
Other Worlds1975 - 8The Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden1977 - 9Murmurs of Earth
Murmurs of Earth1978 - 10Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain1979 - 11Cosmos
Cosmos1980 - 12Comet
Comet1985 - 13Contact
Contact1985 - 14A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought1990 - 15Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors1992 - 16Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot1994 - 17Life in the Universe
Life in the Universe1995 - 18The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World1995 - 19The Evolution of a Planetary System
The Evolution of a Planetary System1995 - 20Billions & Billions
Billions & Billions1997 - 21Visions for the 21st Century
Visions for the 21st Century1997 - 22Conversations with Carl Sagan
Conversations with Carl Sagan2004 - 23The Varieties of Scientific Experience
The Varieties of Scientific Experience2006 - 24Anthropogenic Albedo Changes and the Earth's ClimateAnthropogenic Albedo Changes and the Earth's Climate