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Carl Sagan

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Biography

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect.

Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He wrote many popular science books, such as The Dragons of Eden, Broca's Brain and Pale Blue Dot, and narrated and co-wrote the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The most widely watched series in the history of American public television, Cosmos has been seen by at least 500 million people across 60 different countries. The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. He also wrote the science fiction novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

NOVA

1974

Cosmos

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Cosmos

as Self (archive footage)

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

as Self - Host

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • NOVA (1974)
  • Cosmos (2014) as Self (voice) (archive footage)
  • Cosmos (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • PBS News Hour (1975) as Self - Cosmos (archive footage)
  • Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) as Self - Host
  • The Real History of Science Fiction (2014) as Himself (archive footage)
  • The Phil Donahue Show (1967) as Self
  • Piece by Piece (2024) as Carl Sagan (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  • The Earth Day Special (1990) as Self
  • The Farthest (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Universe (2023) as Self (archive footage)
  • Cosmos: Mundos Posibles (2020)
  • The Reality of Me (2012) as Self
  • God, the Universe and Everything Else (1988) as Self
  • Target... Earth? (1980) as Self
  • Who's Out There? (1975) as Himself
  • In Search of Ancient Astronauts (1973) as Himself
  • Owned & Operated (2012) as Carl Sagan
  • The Case of the Ancient Astronauts (1977) as Self
  • Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024) as Self
  • Together to Mars? (1987) as Self - Moderator
  • Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • Pale Blue Dot as Himself