His father, Sam Sagan, was an immigrant garment worker from Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine his mother, Rachel Molly Gruber, a housewife. Sagan wrote the novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name.Ĭarl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Ukrainian Jewish family. The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. Sagan is known for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote. He advocated scientifically skeptical inquiry and the scientific method, pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ( SETI). He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal (1994)Ĭarl Edward Sagan ( / ˈ s eɪ ɡ ɪ n / Novem– December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1978) NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (1977) Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, astrobiology, space science, planetary science
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