Far from stamping out the growing cult of Velikovsky, he arguably further stoked it by allowing a few schoolboy errors to creep into his math and peppering his talk with cheeky jokes. His rather cavalier performance at this event was perhaps a salutary lesson in the fight against woo. In 1974, he was enlisted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to lead the attack at their conference, debunking the theories of Immanuel Velikovsky. Sagan was also very interested in extraterrestrial life, including UFO sightings (though he was a skeptic on the matter) he heavily promoted the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

He is known for remarking how people were made of 'star stuff.' And, by the by, he was right: H → He → Li → Be → B → C → N → O → F, and on through various nuclear processes that synthesize the elements up to iron (Fe) - and it takes a supernova (or a particle accelerator!) to make a heavier nucleus.

Sagan was also a prominent role model and mentor for Neil deGrasse Tyson. He found a profound spirituality in experiencing the wonder and majesty of the universe. His legacy lies mainly in his advancement of humanism. He co-wrote and presented Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a television series that kicked ass. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries.Ĭarl Sagan (1934–1996) was an American astronomer who did much to popularize science, especially astronomy, during his illustrious career. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us - there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory, of falling from a great height.

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