Best biography on the late Dr Carl Sagan ? |
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Best biography on the late Dr Carl Sagan ? |
 Mar 24 2006, 09:04 PM
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>I've often had to scratch my head at the way some have just dumped all over Carl. Astronomy and other space sciences ...
If one is in the limelight, one can become a moving target for the have-nots. He was a good scientist and thinker but also a better showman. Although his contributions to science have been stellar, his "billyuns and billyuns" monologue is an easier target for detractors. Sagan was not a saint nor a demon; he was simply one of the many primates here trying to figure out how things tick. My question for the detractors? What will you be remembered for after you're dead and buried? --Bill -------------------- |
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Apr 4 2006, 07:47 PM
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Three of Dr. Sagan's later technical papers are online here:
Title: The Deflection Dilemma: Use Vs. Misuse of Technologies for Avoiding Interplanetary Collision Hazards Authors: Harris, A. Canavan, G. Sagan, C. Ostro, S. Issue Date: 1994 Citation: University of Arizona Space Science Series Abstract: A system capable of deflecting a Near-Earth Object (NEO) out of a Earth-impacting trajectory could also be used to deflect a non-menacing NEO so it impacts the Earth. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/33485 http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/33485 Title: Long-Range Consequences of Interplanetary Collisions Authors: Sagan, C. Ostro, S. Issue Date: 1994 Citation: Issues in Science and Technology Abstract: As Comet shoemaker-Levy 9 races toward its mid-July collision with the planet Jupiter, considerable public attention is being focused on catastrophic impacts with the Earth. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/33108 http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/33108 Title: Cosmic Collisions and the Longevity of Non-Spacefaring Galactic Civilizations Authors: Ostro, S. H. Sagan, C. Issue Date: May-1998 Citation: Astrodynamics and Geophysics USA Abstract: Interplanetary collision hazards in many planetary systems force civilizations to become spacefaring or extinct. This selection pressure apparently acts on a timescale of 10***sup5*** years on Earth's current human civilization, but may act on shorter or longer timescales elsewhere. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/19498 http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/19498 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 16 2006, 06:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
A new book based on lectures made by Sagan over twenty years ago will be
coming out this fall. To quote: "The book, due for publication in November by The Penguin Press, is based on a series of talks Sagan gave at the University of Glasgow in 1985 as part of the Gifford Lectures on natural theology. After lying hidden for decades in Sagan's archives, the transcripts of the nine taped lectures were rediscovered just a few months ago, said Ann Druyan, the scientist's widow and longtime collaborator." The full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12586173/#060502a -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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| Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Dec 22 2006, 05:22 PM
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It has been 10 years since Dr Carl SAGAN deceased... Check the blog by Ann Druyan to read about her "Ten times around the Sun without Carl..."
http://www.carlsagan.com/ |
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Dec 22 2006, 05:31 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Dec 22 2006, 05:22 PM)  It has been 10 years since Dr Carl SAGAN deceased... Earlier this week there was a global "Blog-a-thon", with Bloggers all around the world encouraged to write about Carl Sagan and his influence on them/their memories of him. You can read my contribution here Remembering Carl Sagan and at the bottom there's a link to the Blog-a-thon site for those who want to contribute; it's not too late... 
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| Guest_AlexBlackwell_* |
Jan 30 2007, 01:08 AM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 16 2006, 08:40 AM) A new book based on lectures made by Sagan over twenty years ago will be coming out this fall. [...] The full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12586173/#060502a Sorry to dig up this old thread but there was a review of this book in this weekend's edition of The Washington Post Book World. |
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