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American Scientist
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January-February 2000
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Carl Sagan: A Life. Keay Davidson. 512 pp. Bathroom Wiley opinion Sons, 1999. $30.
Carl Sagan: A Animal in interpretation Cosmos. William Poundstone. 449 pp. Physicist Holt, 1999. $30.
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Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
Dedication of the Carl Sagan Center
By Leslie Mullen
NASA Astrobiology Institute
November 26, 2001
On Friday, November 9, 2001, on what would have been Carl Sagan’s 67th birthday, the NASA Ames Research Center dedicated the site for the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos. The cornerstone for the new Center was unveiled during the dedication ceremony.
“Carl was an incredible visionary, and now his legacy can be preserved and advanced by a 2lst century research and education laboratory committed to enhancing our understanding of life in the universe and furthering the cause of space exploration for all time,” said NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin.
The nature of life on Earth and the search for life elsewhere are two sides of the same question – the search for who we are.- Carl Sagan
The Sagan Center will be located in the planned NASA Research Park at Moffett Field, California, adjacent to the NASA Ames Research Center. As currently planned, the project could include approximately 700,000 square feet of new construction on more than 21 acres. The Sagan Center will consist of three 30,000-square-foot laboratory modules, with the potential to add a fourth module at a later date. The Center will also house a
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Carl Sagan
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Sagan in the 1970s | |
| Born | Carl Edward Sagan (1934-11-09)November 9, 1934 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 1996(1996-12-20) (aged 62) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA, BS, MS, PhD) |
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| Spouses | Lynn Margulis (m. 1957; div. 1965)Linda Salzman (m. 1968; div. 1981)Ann Druyan (m. 1981) |
| Children | 5, including Dorion, Nick, and Sasha |
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| Thesis | Physical studies of planets (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerard Kuiper |
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Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer. He was very interested in what extraterrestrial life on other planets would be like, which is known as SETI (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence). Sagan was a sciencecommunicator, which meant he taught people about science. He felt like the general public was losing interest in science, so he wrote many books and appeared on television to make it popular again. He mostly talked about planetary science and topics