Carl Sagan

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Carl Edward Sagan (Aussprache [ˈseɪɡən]; * 9. November 1934 in Brooklyn, New York; † 20. Dezember 1996 in Seattle, Washington) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom, Astrophysiker, Exobiologe, Fernsehmoderator, Sachbuchautor und Schriftsteller.

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20253,3×Geburtstag am 9. November.9. November 2025Worauf dieser Moment beruht, Am 9. November 2025 3,3-mal so viele Leser wie sonstMoment ansehen2013Solstice AwardAuszeichnung2009New Jersey Hall of FameAuszeichnung2004International Space Hall of FameAuszeichnung1998Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAuszeichnung1996Gestorben20. Dezember 19961994“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.”Eigene WorteOktober 1994Bringing Science Down to Earth (1994), co-authored with Anne Kalosh, in Hemispheres (October 1994), p. 99; this is similar to statementsDie ganze Aussage lesen

NAS Public Welfare MedalAuszeichnung1993Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of ScienceAuszeichnung1992“Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.”Eigene Worte"Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (1992) (co-written with Ann Druyan)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1991“The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous.”Eigene WorteAs quoted in "Scientists & Their Gods" in U.S. News & World Report Vol. 111 (1991)Die ganze Aussage lesen

Masursky AwardAuszeichnung1990Oersted MedalAuszeichnung1986Locus Award for Best First NovelAuszeichnung1985Leo Szilard Lectureship AwardAuszeichnung1983“Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has 9,000 matches. The other has 7,000 matches.”Eigene Worte20. November 1983Remarks on the nuclear arms race, on ABC News Viewpoint - "The Day After" (20 November 1983)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1981Hugo Award for Best Related WorkAuszeichnungHumanist of the YearAuszeichnung1978“It is easy to create an interstellar radio message which can be recognized as emanating unambiguously from intelligent beings. A modulated signal (‘beep,’ ‘beep-beep,’ . . .”Eigene WorteMai 1978Smithsonian magazine, May 1978, pp. 43, 44. Quoted in Awake! magazine, 1978, 8/22.Die ganze Aussage lesen

Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAuszeichnung1974Klumpke-Roberts AwardAuszeichnung1970“There is a place with four suns in the sky - red, white, blue, and yellow; two of them are so close together that they touch, and star-stuff flows between them.”Eigene WortePlanetary Exploration (University of Oregon Books, Eugene, Oregon, 1970), page 15Die ganze Aussage lesen

1934Geboren9. November 1934

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We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.
Okt. 1994, Bringing Science Down to Earth (1994), co-authored with Anne Kalosh, in Hemispheres (October 1994), p. 99; this is similar to statements, Eigene Worte
Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.
1992, "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (1992) (co-written with Ann Druyan), Eigene Worte
The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous.
1991, As quoted in "Scientists & Their Gods" in U.S. News & World Report Vol. 111 (1991), Eigene Worte