Carl sagan biography astronomy
Carl sagan.
Carl sagan biography astronomy
Carl Sagan
(1934-1996)
Who Was Carl Sagan?
Astronomer Carl Sagan graduated from the University of Chicago, where he studied planets and explored theories of extraterrestrial intelligence.
He was named director of Cornell’s Laboratory for Planetary Studies in 1968 and worked with NASA on several projects. An anti-nuclear activist, Sagan introduced the idea of “nuclear winter” in 1983. He wrote one novel, several books and academic papers and the TV series Cosmos, which was reborn on TV in 2014.
Early Years
Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, the first of two children.
Carl sagan biography astronomy and science
Sagan’s interest in astronomy began early on, and when he was five, his mother sent him to the library to find books on the stars. Soon after, his parents took him to the New York World’s Fair, where visions of the future piqued his interest further.
He also quickly became a fan of the prevalent 1940s science-fiction stories in pulp magazines and was drawn in by reports of f