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27 de mai. de 2024 · Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science writer. A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence. He is perhaps best known for his role as the host of the television series Cosmos (1980).
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Há 3 dias · O astrônomo que divulgava ciência como ninguém nos deixou um legado intelectual abrangente e de alto impacto filosófico – separamos algumas reflexões que ilustram várias facetas do pensamento humanista e inspirador de Sagan.
Há 1 dia · A famosa frase de Carl Sagan (de 1997) continua mais atual que nunca: “vivemos numa sociedade dependente da ciência e da tecnologia, mas que não sabe quase nada disso!
26 de mai. de 2024 · Carl Sagan made numerous groundbreaking contributions to the fields of planetary science and astrobiology. In the early 1960s, he challenged the then-prevailing notion that Venus was a habitable planet similar to Earth.
Há 3 dias · Marijuana reconsidered, indeed. * Perhaps fittingly, Sagan—famed for his sentiment that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”—first approached weed as a skeptic. “My initial experiences,” he wrote, “were entirely disappointing; there was no effect at all, and I began to entertain a variety of hypotheses about cannabis being a placebo which worked by expectation ...
Há 4 dias · Carl Sagan. Ele transmitia um verdadeiro entusiasmo pelos temas que abordava. Ele apresentou a ciência não apenas como algo popular e acessível, mas como um meio para encontrar beleza, compaixão e humildade. A escrita dele era extremamente humana, ainda que ele estivesse tratando de conceitos complexos das ciências exatas.
31 de mai. de 2024 · Hear an interview produced by the Planetary Society with Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan's collaborator and widow, and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) on the honor of naming the Exoplanet Fellowship program after Carl Sagan.
