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The legacy of Sagan Jekyll-Hyde of cosmology
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; Carl Sagan A Life in the Cosmos. By William Poundstone. Henry Holt. $30. Carl Sagan was one of the lucky ones. By the age of 10 he knew...was not stars and galaxies, though, that captured Sagan's imagination as a youth. It was always the possibility...
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Sagan in Chicago: billions of memories
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; When Carl Sagan was a student at the University of Chicago...1970. At stake: a box of chocolate bars. Sagan's vision was correct - a vision that would...Hyde Park campus to worldwide renown. cw-10 Sagan, the astrophysicist who died Friday at 62...
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CARL SAGAN DIES; HE'S PART OF THE COSMOS NOW.(News)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 12/21/1996; ; 700+ words
; Carl Sagan ended his tenure on planet Earth yesterday...today's trend toward anti-intellectualism. Sagan, 62, who died of pneumonia early yesterday...interesting and entertaining, Margon said, was Sagan's strong emphasis on the need for public...
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Carl Sagan and Edward Teller: an uneasy alliance over defending the earth.(Tributes to Carl Sagan)
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; CARL SAGAN AND EDWARD TELLER WERE bitter opponents in...different conclusions from the impact threat--Sagan saw it is a justification for space exploration...books and cover stories in Newsweek and Time, Sagan achieved a celebrity in the 1980s enjoyed...
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Astronomer Carl Sagan, 62, dies.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; Carl Sagan studied the stars, and he became one himself...popularized science, but he never trivialized it. Sagan died Friday. The cause was pneumonia, an...in Davie and an astronomer who worked with Sagan: ``He made thinkers think better, and he...
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Tuesday Book: A flawed life of science's fallible advocate Carl Sagan: A Life by Keay Davidson (John Wiley, pounds 19.50)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/2/1999; ; 528 words
; I KNEW Carl Sagan in the early Seventies, when he was already...the manufacture of nuclear weapons. As Sagan's career as the public face of science...to the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Sagan described in Keay Davidson's new biography...
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Sagan Goes Far in No Time at All; In Only Second Year, Liberty Runner Keeps Pace With the Best
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/30/1998; ; 606 words
; Senior Heather Sagan isn't the best runner on her Liberty High...first-rate competitor in a short period of time. Sagan is a teammate of Jennifer Modliszewski...her second year of competitive running, Sagan has accumulated her share of titles. Earlier...
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Goodbye, Mr. Sagan.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; Scientist Carl Sagan, who died this month, had an ability to...something to do with that. 1/3 Mention Carl Sagan's name to a scientist, especially one who...as a bit of a shock, for this was Carl Sagan, the icon of popular science, the man who...
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Unbeliever's quest. (scientist Carl Sagan)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 3/31/1997; ; 700+ words
; A man of science, Carl Sagan didn't want prayers; he wanted proof. He died still waiting for evidence. CARL SAGAN, THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST and author, never...rose (if prayers do rise) to the heaven Sagan had never seen in all his years of searching...
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SAGAN AND SKEPTICISM.
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; A REVIEW OF TWO RECENT SAGAN BIOGRAPHIES DURING THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was the world's most prominent scientist...scientific and social issues that were important to Sagan. Both are of interest to the SKEPTIC community...
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