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Carl Sagan (1934–1996)

Autor de Contacto

88+ Obras 41,509 Miembros 487 Reseñas 256 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

A respected planetary scientist best known outside the field for his popularizations of astronomy, Carl Sagan was born in New York City on November 9, 1934. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a B.A. in 1954, a B.S. in 1955, and a M.S. in 1956 in physics as well as a Ph.D. in mostrar más 1960 in astronomy and astrophysics. He has several early scholarly achievements including the experimental demonstration of the synthesis of the energy-carrying molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in primitive-earth experiments. Another was the proposal that the greenhouse effect explained the high temperature of the surface of Venus. He was also one of the driving forces behind the mission of the U.S. satellite Viking to the surface of Mars. He was part of a team that investigated the effects of nuclear war on the earth's climate - the "nuclear winter" scenario. Sagan's role in developing the "Cosmos" series, one of the most successful series of any kind to be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System, and his book The Dragons of Eden (1977) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1978. He also wrote the novel Contact, which was made into a movie starring Jodie Foster. He died from pneumonia on December 20, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Series

Obras de Carl Sagan

Contacto (1985) 8,989 copias
Cosmos (1980) 8,105 copias
Un punto azul pálido (1994) — Autor — 2,830 copias
Miles de millones (1997) 2,321 copias
El cerebro de Broca (1979) — Autor — 2,211 copias
La Conexión cósmica (1973) 989 copias
Comet (1985) 861 copias
Murmullos de la tierra (1978) 381 copias
Contact [1997 film] (1997) 354 copias
Cosmos {1980 TV series} (1970) 107 copias
UFO's: A Scientific Debate (1972) — Editor — 92 copias
Other Worlds (1975) 47 copias
Mars and the Mind of Man (1971) 41 copias
Life in the Universe (1987) 17 copias
Planetary Exploration (1970) 6 copias
The Burden of Skepticism (1987) 4 copias
Wonder And Skepticism (1995) 4 copias
Cosmos Livro 1 (1991) 3 copias
Origins of Life 3 copias
COSMOS DISC 5 2 copias
COSMOS DISC 3 2 copias
Dunya'dan Fısıltılar (2020) 2 copias
Cosmos(korean Version) (2006) 2 copias
Planetary atmospheres (2012) 2 copias
sagan 2 copias
The Cosmosphere (1981) 1 copia
Cosmos, Episodes 11 & 12 — Autor — 1 copia
Definitions of Life (2010) 1 copia
COSMOS DISC2 1 copia
Dragons of Eden (1988) 1 copia
Articles 1 copia

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Historia del tiempo (1988) — Introducción, algunas ediciones13,921 copias
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008) — Contribuidor — 793 copias
The Faith Healers (1987) — Prólogo — 270 copias
Atheism: A Reader (2000) — Contribuidor — 181 copias
The Planets (1983) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones83 copias
The Spear of Mars (1980) — Contribuidor — 70 copias
The Outer Edge (1996) — Introducción — 46 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Sagan, Carl Edward
Fecha de nacimiento
1934-11-09
Fecha de fallecimiento
1996-12-20
Lugar de sepultura
Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca, New York, USA
Género
male
Nacionalidad
EE.UU.
Lugar de nacimiento
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Seattle, Washington, USA
Causa de fallecimiento
pneumonia
Lugares de residencia
Ithaca, New York, USA
Rathway, New Jersey, USA
Educación
University of Chicago (BS ∙ Physics ∙ 1955)
University of Chicago (MS ∙ Physics ∙ 1956)
University of Chicago (PhD ∙ Astronomy and Astrophysics ∙ 1960)
Ocupaciones
astronomer
science writer
scientist
professor
television presenter
Relaciones
Margulis, Lynn (first wife)
Druyan, Ann (third wife)
Sagan, Dorion (son)
Sagan, Nick (son)
Salzman, Linda (second wife)
Organizaciones
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Astronautical Society
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
American Philosophical Society (mostrar todos 17)
American Physical Society
Children's Health Fund Advisory Board
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CISCOP)
Council for a Livable World
Council on Foreign Relations
Federation of American Scientists
Guggenheim Foundation
International Academy of Humanism
Planetary Society
Harvard University
Cornell University
Premios y honores
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Emmy (Outstanding Individual Achievement, 1981)
Emmy (Outstanding Informational Series, 1981)
Humanist of the Year (1981)
John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award
Joseph Priestley Award (mostrar todos 11)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal (Awarded by the Soviet Cosmonauts Federation)
Masursky Award (American Astronomical Society)
Lowell Thomas Award (Explorers Club)
Oersted Medal (1990, American Association of Physics Teachers)
Public Welfare Medal (1994)
Agente
Morton Janklow
Biografía breve
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 500 million people in over 60 countries.[2] A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name. During his lifetime, Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books. In his works, he frequently advocated skeptical inquiry, secular humanism, and the scientific method.

Miembros

Debates

Group Read, April 2016: Contact en 1001 Books to read before you die (abril 2016)

Reseñas

Durante siglos la humanidad ha soñado con la vida mas allá de la tierra. El proyecto Argus, un sofisticado complejo de radiotelescopios, ha estado buscando la señal que indique la existencia, en algún lugar del universo, de una inteligencia extraterrestre. De pronto, una tarde, el curso de la historia humana cambia para siempre. El Mensaje ha llegado. Se ha tomado Contacto. Alguien o algo está llamando...
 
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Natt90 | 135 reseñas más. | Mar 27, 2023 |
La obra mas completa de divulgacion cientifica de todos los tiempos. En Un punto azul palido, Carl Sagan prosigue el espectacular viaje cientifico que inicio Cosmos, el libro que hizo descender a la Tierra la magnificencia del universo, haciendola accesible a millones de personas. Cosmos ha sido el libro cientifico mas vendido de la historia. En esta continuacion de Cosmos, Carl Sagan, ganador del Premio Pulitzer nos brinda una emocionante vision del universo, ilustrada profusamente. "Un punto azul palido" revela como la ciencia ha revolucionado nuestra comprension de donde estamos y de quienes somos, y nos desafia a que valoremos de que manera vamos a utilizar esos conocimientos.… (más)
 
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Natt90 | 26 reseñas más. | Feb 24, 2023 |
Este libro se divide en tres partes a cual más importante. En la primera Carl Sagan, intenta transmitir el sentido de la perspectiva cósmica viviendo fuera de nuestras vidas en un diminuto trozo de roca y metal en un Universo de miles de millones de galaxias.
La segunda parte se relaciona con varios aspectos de nuestro Sistema Solar —principalmente con la Tierra, Marte y Venus— .
Y la tercera y última parte, se dedica a la posibilidad de comunicación con la inteligencia extraterrestre en planetas de otras estrellas. Puesto que todavía no se ha establecido ningún contacto, esta parte es necesariamente especulativa.… (más)
 
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Natt90 | 9 reseñas más. | Dec 20, 2022 |
 
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gutierrezmonge | 135 reseñas más. | Oct 16, 2022 |

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Estadísticas

Obras
88
También por
18
Miembros
41,509
Popularidad
#420
Valoración
4.1
Reseñas
487
ISBNs
539
Idiomas
27
Favorito
256

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