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Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan is an actor born on November 9, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on December 20, 1996, aged 62. He is known for The Farthest, Wanderers and God, the Universe and Everything Else. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
November 9, 1934
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
December 20, 1996
Also known as
Carl Edward Sagan · Καρλ Σέιγκαν · Καρλ Έντουαρντ Σέιγκαν

Biography

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He wrote many popular science books, such as The Dragons of Eden, Broca's Brain and Pale Blue Dot, and narrated and co-wrote the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The most widely watched series in the history of American public television, Cosmos has been seen by at least 500 million people across 60 different countries. The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. He also wrote the science fiction novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Sagan licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2026Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuffas Self (archive footage)
  2. 2025Bookwormsas (himself)
  3. 2024Piece by Pieceas Carl Sagan (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  4. 2024Aliens Uncovered: Close Encountersas Self
  5. 2023The Universeas Self (archive footage)
  6. 2020WorldCreator
  7. 2018The Farthestas Self (archive footage)
  8. 2018Timelapse of the Entire Universeas Self - Narrator (archive sound)
  9. 2015Star Stuff: A Story of Carl SaganWriter
  10. 2014Wanderersas Voice
  11. 2014The Real History of Science Fictionas Himself (archive footage) · 1 episode
  12. 2014Cosmosas Self (voice) (archive footage) · 7 episodes · Writer
  13. 2012The Reality of Meas Self
  14. 2012Owned & Operatedas Carl Sagan
  15. 1997ContactNovel
  16. 1997Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrityas Self (archive footage)
  17. 1996We Are Here: The Pale Blue DotWriter
  18. 1990The Earth Day Specialas Self
  19. 1989A Dialogue: A Conversation with Carl Sagan and Ted Turneras Guest
  20. 1988God, the Universe and Everything Elseas Self
  21. 1987Together to Mars?as Self - Moderator
  22. 1984On the 8th Dayas Self
  23. 1980Cosmos: A Personal Voyageas Self - Host · 13 episodes · Writer · Producer · Creator
  24. 1980Target... Earth?as Self
  25. 1977The Case of the Ancient Astronautsas Self
  26. 1975Who's Out There?as Himself
  27. 1974NOVA1 episode
  28. 1973In Search of Ancient Astronautsas Himself
  29. 1969The Violent Universeas Narrator