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Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan

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Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, science fiction novelist and popular science writer, and the founder of the Planetary Society. Sagan collected the first physical messages sent into space: the Voyager's Golden Record. Sagan proposed the still accepted hypothesis that the high temperature on the surface of Venus is due to the greenhouse effect.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1934-11-09
Died
1996-12-20
Wikidata
Q410
Occupations cosmologistastrophysicistnovelistspace scientistscience communicatorscience fiction writerPopular science writerastronomeruniversity teacherwriternonfiction writerphysicistscreenwriternatural scientistTV host
Aliases C E SaganC SaganC. E. SaganC. SaganC.E. SaganCarl E SaganCarl E. SaganCarl Edward SaganCarl SaganSaganSagan CSagan C.Sagan C. E.Sagan CECarl Sagan

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