He published hundreds of articles and treatises in his lifetime. Not one to pander to dogmas, Sagan boldly asserted in his 1980 television series Cosmos, “Evolution is a fact, not a theory.”Īmong his many distinctions and awards, Sagan won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Dragons of Eden, a discourse on evolution and human development, in 1978. He worked with National Aeronautics and Space Administration from its earliest hours, contributing to many major expeditionary projects. His cause was the universe his tool was science.īorn in Brooklyn in 1934, Sagan attended high school in New Jersey and later received his doctoral degree in physics from the University of Chicago. By 1980, citizens of the United States were being lectured on their roles as citizens of the cosmos and Sagan had become a one-man, pro-galactic motivational spokes-physicist. Then again, perhaps big bang would be more appropriate. Carl Sagan / Raul Vega, / Color photograph on paper ,ġ980 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Ĭarl Sagan was one of those American icons who had been quietly coming onto the public scene and then suddenly-bang! His name was known in every household of the nation.
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