Carl Sagan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Keay Davidson
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Biography and history of science
- Time of Work: 1900-1999
- Setting: The United States, Earth, and the cosmos
- Principal Characters: Carl Sagan, Rachel Molly Gruber Sagan, Sam Sagan, Lynn Alexander Sagan Margulis, Linda Salzman, Ann Druyan, Dorion Solomon Sagan, Nick Sagan, Lester Grinspoon, Shirley Arden, Dale Cruikshank, Harold Clayton Urey, Gerard Kuiper, Joshua Lederberg, James Pollack, Donald Menzel, Melvin Calvin, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, H. J. Muller, Frank Drake, Lynda Obst
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Science and technology
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Science or scientists, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Earth, Astronomy or astronomers, Universe, Space sciences
- Locales: United States, Space, Earth
Keay Davidson is the science writer for the San Francisco Examiner and winner of the two top awards in American science journalism: the American Association for the Advancement of Science Westinghouse Prize and the National Association of Science Writers’ Science in Society award. In his biography of Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996), the twentieth century’s preeminent popularizer of science, especially astronomy, Davidson continues to demonstrate exhaustive research and excellent writing abilities. Basing his book on hundreds of documents and dozens of personal interviews with...
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