- Data di nascita
- Data di morte20 dicembre 1996 · Seattle, Washington, Stati Uniti (Pneumonia)
- Nome alla nascitaCarl Edward Sagan
- Altezza1,80 m
- Carl Sagan è nato il 9 novembre 1934. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È conosciuto come sceneggiatore e regista. È celebre per aver partecipato a Contact (1997), Cosmos (1980) e Cosmos: Odissea nello spazio (2020). È stata sposato con Ann Druyan, Linda Salzman e Lynn Margulis. Morì il 20 dicembre 1996. Luogo di morte: Usa.
- ConiugiAnn Druyan(1 giugno 1981 - 20 dicembre 1996) (morte del marito, 2 bambini)Linda Salzman(6 aprile 1968 - 6 maggio 1981) (divorziato, 1 bambino)Lynn Margulis(16 giugno 1957 - 1963) (divorziato, 2 bambini)
- Bambini
- He mostly wore turtlenecks with suit coats.
- Despite being known for, and frequently quoted with, his famous phrase "billions and billions...", Carl Sagan never actually said this during the entire single-season run of Cosmos (1980). The actual phrase is "billions UPON billions", and the complete quote which includes this often-misquoted phrase is "A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars.".
- Suffered from a rare blood disorder that led to cancer and ultimately his death.
- Named 1981 Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association "in recognition of his work as an educator, skeptic, activist, and populizer of science".
- Five children: Dorion Sagan and Jeremy Sagan from his first marriage, Nick Sagan from his second marriage, and Sasha Sagan and Sam Sagan from his third marriage.
- Received his bachelor's degree (1955) and his master's degree (1956), both in physics, from the University of Chicago.
- Billions upon billions...
- We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.
- "I never said it. Honest." - The opening line in his last book called "Billions and Billions." He was right -- the phrase was coined by Johnny Carson imitating him.
- Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
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