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[edit] Death and legacy

Stone dedicated to Carl Sagan in the Celebrity Path of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

After a long and difficult fight with myelodysplasia, which included three bone marrow transplants, Sagan died of pneumonia at the age of 62 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington on December 20, 1996. Surviving him were his wife and five children. Sagan was a significant figure, and his supporters credit his importance to his popularization of the natural sciences, opposing both restraints on science and reactionary applications of science, defending democratic traditions, resisting nationalism, defending humanism, and arguing against geocentric and anthropocentric views.

After landing, the unmanned Mars Pathfinder spacecraft was renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station on July 5, 1997. Asteroid 2709 Sagan is also named in his honor.

The 1997 movie Contact, based on Sagan's novel of the same name and finished after his death, ends with the dedication "For Carl".

On November 9, 2001, on what would have been 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. "Carl was an incredible visionary, and now his legacy can be preserved and advanced by a 21st 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. Ann Druyan was at the Center as it opened its doors on October 22, 2006.

Sagan's son, Nick Sagan, wrote several episodes in the Star Trek franchise. In an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise entitled "Terra Prime", a quick shot is shown of the relic rover Sojourner, part of the Mars Pathfinder mission, placed by a historical marker at Carl Sagan Memorial Station on the Martian surface. The marker displays a quote from Sagan: "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you."

Sagan has at least three awards named in his honor: the Carl Sagan Memorial Award presented jointly since 1997 by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and the Planetary Society; the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science presented since 1998 by the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (AAS/DPS) for outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public. Carl Sagan was one of the original organizing committee members of the DPS; and the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science presented by Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP). Sagan himself was the first recipient of the CSSP award in 1993.[34] In 2006, the Carl Sagan Medal was awarded to astrobiologist and author David Grinspoon, the son of Sagan's friend Lester Grinspoon.

Sagan's student Steve Squyres led the team that landed the Spirit Rover and Opportunity Rover successfully on Mars in 2004.

On December 20, 2006, the tenth anniversary of Sagan's death, a blogger, Joel Schlosberg, organized a Carl Sagan "blog-a-thon" to commemorate Sagan's death, and the idea was supported by Nick Sagan.[35] Many members of the blogging community participated.

[edit] Awards and honors

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] By Sagan

[edit] About Sagan

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sagan, Carl (1994). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1st edition ed.). New York: Random House. pp. p.68. ISBN 0-679-43841-6. 
  2. ^ "StarChild: Dr. Carl Sagan". NASA. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  3. ^ a b Poundstone, William (1999). Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos. New York: Henry Holt & Company. pp. 363–364, 374–375. ISBN 0805057668. 
  4. ^ Davidson, Keay (1999). Carl Sagan: A Life, John Wiley & Sons. pp. 33–41. ISBN 0471252867. 
  5. ^ http://astro.uchicago.edu/RAS/
  6. ^ Graduate students receive first Sagan teaching awards
  7. ^ Much of Sagan's research in the field of planetary science is outlined by William Poundstone. Poundstone's biography of Sagan includes an 8-page list of Sagan's scientific articles published from 1957 to 1998. Detailed information about Sagan's scientific work comes from the primary research articles. Example: Sagan, C., Thompson, W. R., and Khare, B. N. Titan: A Laboratory for Prebiological Organic Chemistry, Accounts of Chemical Research, volume 25, page 286 (1992). There is commentary on this research article about Titan at The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight.
  8. ^ The Columbia Encyclopedia. "Sagan, Carl Edward". Sixth Edition. Columbia University Press. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  9. ^ The Planetary Society. "Carl Sagan". The Planetary Society. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
  10. ^ Turco RP, Toon OB, Ackerman TP, Pollack JB, Sagan C. Climate and smoke: an appraisal of nuclear winter, Science, volume 247, pages 166-176 (1990). PubMed abstract JSTOR link to full text article. Carl Sagan discussed his involvement in the political nuclear winter debates and his erroneous global cooling prediction for the Gulf War fires in his book, The Demon-Haunted World.
  11. ^ Sagan, Carl. The Demon-Haunted World. p. 257.
  12. ^ www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sagan_carl.html
  13. ^ "Meet Dr. Carl Sagan". The Science Channel. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  14. ^ Sagan, Carl; p. 3-4 (1998). Billions and Billions. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-37918-7. 
  15. ^ Myers portrayed Sagan in "SNL: Carl Sagan's Global Warming Christmas Special [VIDEO]"<http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/71374/>
  16. ^ [Sagan, Astronomer: Author of Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space]. Interview with Charlie Rose. Charlie Rose. PBS New York. 1995-01-05. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. starts at 00:39:29
  17. ^ Jastrow, Robert (1979). Velikovsky, a Star-Crossed Theoretician of the Cosmos. New York Times, December 2, 1979, p. E22 <http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10710FC3F5512718DDDAB0894DA415B898BF1D3&scp=1&sq=&st=p> and Jastrow, Robert (1980). Hero or Heretic? Science Digest Special, Sept/Oct, pp. 92-96. Carl Sagan's letter replying to Jastrow, "Immanuel Velikovsky's Unlikely Collisions", was published in New York Times, December 29, 1979, p. 20, with a rebuttal from Clark Whelton, "Unrefuted 'Worlds in Collision'" appearing January 11, 1980, p. A22.
  18. ^ Morrison, David (2001). Velikovsky at Fifty: Cultures in Collision on the Fringes of Science. Skeptic, 9 (1), 62-76; reprinted in Shermer, Michael (editor) (2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, Santa Barbara, Calif. ISBN 1576076539. pp. 473-488.
  19. ^ Ellenberger, Leroy (1999). Sagan and Velikovsky (letter submitted to Skeptical Inquirer). <http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/velidelu.html#CS>
  20. ^ Kogan, S. F. (1980). Sagan versus Velikovsky (letter). Physics Today, Sept., pp. 97-98.
  21. ^ Talbott, George R. (1978). Kronos, 4 (2), 3-25; reported by C.L. Ellenberger (letter) in Physics Today, April 1981, p. 72, and (letter) in Skeptical Inquirer, March/April 2000, pp. 67-68. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_24/ai_60302620/pg_5>
  22. ^ Anthony Barnes (2005-10-23). "2001: The secrets of Kubrick's classic". The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  23. ^ "This Week in Apple History: November 14-20". The Mac Observer.
  24. ^ Carl Sagan, Plaintiff, v. Apple Computer, Inc., Defendant CV 94-2180 LGB (BRx) United States District Court for the Central District of California 874 F. Supp. 1072; 1994 U.S. Dist. Lexis 20154 June 27, 1994, Decided June 27, 1994, Filed
  25. ^ A similar quote can be found in Chapter 23 of Sagan's book Broca's Brain. "Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Others — for example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einstein — considered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws."
  26. ^ Marcello Truzzi (1998). "On Some Unfair Practices towards Claims of the Paranormal". Oxymoron: Annual Thematic Anthology of the Arts and Sciences, Vol.2: The Fringe. Oxymoron Media, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  27. ^ Grinspoon, Lester, M.D. (1994). Marihuana Reconsidered (2nd edition ed.). Oakland, CA: Quick American Archives. ISBN 0932551130. 
  28. ^ Carl Sagan (1971). "Mr. X". Marihuana Reconsidered. Marijuana Uses. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  29. ^ a. Dr David Whitehouse (1999-10-15). "Carl Sagan: A life in the cosmos", BBC News. Retrieved on 2 May 2007. 
    b. Keay Davidson (1999-08-22). "Billions and Billions of '60s Flashbacks", San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved on 2 May 2007. 
    c. Dana Larsen (1999-11-01). "Carl Sagan: Toking Astronomer", Cannabis Culture magazine. Retrieved on 2 May 2007. 
  30. ^ a b c Westrum, Ron; Jacobs, David Michael (ed.) (2000). "Limited Access: Six Natural Scientists and the UFO Phenomenon". UFOs and abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. pp. 30–55. ISBN 0700610324. 
  31. ^ Appelle, Stuart; Jacobs, David Michael (ed.) (2000). "Ufology and Academia: The UFO Phenomenon as a Scholarly Discipline". UFOs and abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. pp. 7–30. ISBN 0700610324. 
  32. ^ Clark, Jeromne (1998). The UFO book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial. Detroit, Michigan: Visible Ink Press. pp. 603. ISBN 1578590299. 
  33. ^ Sagan, 1996: 81-96, 99-104
  34. ^ "Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science". The Council of Scientific Society Presidents. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  35. ^ Joel's humanistic blog: Announcing the Carl Sagan memorial blog-a-thon

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NAME Sagan, Carl Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Astronomy and planetary science
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1934(1934-11-09)
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH Seattle, Washington
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