Dec 27, 2009
Article abstract: One of the most well-known scientists in the twentieth century, Sagan had the unique ability to simultaneously conduct significant astronomical and planetary research and make science interesting and accessible to the general public.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934, Carl Edward Sagan knew from an early age that he wanted to be an astronomer when he grew up. At that time, however, astronomy was a somewhat obscure field, and when the eight-year-old Sagan asked a librarian for a book on stars, she gave him a book on...
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