1. Born November 9, 1934 in Brooklyn Died December 20, 1996 in Seattle
Carl Sagan
Born November 9, 1934 in Brooklyn
Died December 20, 1996 in Seattle

2. American astronomer
Astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science writer, science popularizer and science communicator
Focused on The Solar System and extraterrestrial life

3. Early Life Sense of wonder from his father 1939 World’s Fair in Queens
Field trips to the library
Museum of Natural History
Hayden Planetarium
Rahway High School

4. Formal Education At age of 16 he entered University of Chicago
BA, BS, MS and PhD at University of Chicago
Miller postdoctoral fellow at University of California at Berkeley

5. Junior Faculty at Harvard
1963 – 1968
Denied tenure

6. Faculty at Cornell
1968 – 1996 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

7. Scientific Achievements
High surface temperature of Venus
Saturn’s moon Titan possesses oceans of liquids
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have subsurface oceans of water
Synthesis of amino acids with water, methane, ammonia and electrical energy
Search for extra terrestrial life with radio telescopes

8. Popular Science
Cosmos, 1980

9. “billions and billions”
“billions upon billions”

10. Icarus
The Planetary Society
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
AAAS