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CARL SAGAN

CARL SAGAN. Bob Davis. Early Life. Born Nov. 9, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY Parents were Russian Jews Grew up in New Jersey Mother religious, father skeptical. 1939 World’s Fair. Saw multiple science experiments Saw new technology called “television”

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CARL SAGAN

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  1. CARL SAGAN Bob Davis

  2. Early Life • Born Nov. 9, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY • Parents were Russian Jews • Grew up in New Jersey • Mother religious, father skeptical

  3. 1939 World’s Fair • Saw multiple science experiments • Saw new technology called “television” • Time capsule- planted the seeds for Pioneer Plaque idea

  4. School and Teaching • University of Chicago: BA 1954, BS 1955, MA science and physics 1956, Dr. of Philosophy in astronomy and Astrophysics, 1960 • Lectured and researched at Harvard until 1968 • 1971: became director of Planetary Studies at Cornell

  5. Work with Space Program • Worked as advisor for NASA • Designed experiments for robotic space probes to do • Created the Pioneer Plaque: our message to the Universe

  6. Contribution to Science • One of first to suggest pools of liquid on surface of Titan and under surface of Europa • Seasons on Mars • Venus is Very Hot- he linked it to man made global warming in 1960s!

  7. Pop Science • Television Series and Specials such as “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ” • Books such as “Pale Blue Dot • Explained science in an understandable way • Legitimized SETI

  8. A Glorious Dawn

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