Dorion Sagan

**Dorion Sagan,** nado en 1959, é un autor, ensaísta, escritor de ficción e teórico norteamericano de Madison, Wisconsin. Escribiu e é coautor de libros sobre cultura, evolución, historia e filosofía da ciencia.

## Vida persoal 
Dorion é fillo do físico Carl Sagan e da bióloga Lynn Margulis, irmán do empresario Jeremy Sagan, e medio irmán do escritor Nick Sagan (fillo de Linda Salzman) e da cineasta Sasha Sagan e Samuel Sagan (fillos de Ann Druyan).

## Obra escrita
### Libros 
* *Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science* (2013) 
* *Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel* (2012, Sciencewriters Books) 
* *Death and Sex* (libro dous en un con Tyler Volk, 2009) 
* *Biospheres: Metamorphosis of Planet Earth* (1990) 
* *Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future* (2007) 
* *Cooking with Jesus: From the Primal Brew to the Last Brunch* (2001) 
* *The Sciences of Avatar* (2010) 

; Co-escrito con Lynn Margulis
* *Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors* (1986) 
* *Origins of Sex : Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination* (1986) 
* *Garden of Microbial Delights: A Practical Guide to the Subvisible World* (1988) 
* *Biospheres from Earth to Space*  (1989)
* *Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality*  (1991)
* *What Is Sex?*  (1995)
* *What Is Life?* (1995) 
* *Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution* (1997)
* *Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species* (2002) 
* *Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature* (2007) 

; Co-escrito con Eric D. Schneider
* *Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life* (2005) 

; Co-escrito con outros
* *Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young* (2016 - with Josh Mitteldorf)
* *Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence* (2002 - con John Skoyles)
* ''Within the Stone: Nature's Abstract Rock Art* (2004 - texto parcial a libro de fotografías de Bill Atkinson)
* *Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism* (2006 - prefacio a libro de David Mills)
* *Darwin's Unfinished Business: The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Nature* (2011 - con Simon G Powell)

### Ensaios 
* "Möbius Trip: The Technosphere and Our Science Fiction Reality" *Technosphere Magazine* (2017)
* "Metametazoa: Biology and Multiplicity" (1992 - In *Incorporations: Fragments for a History of the Human Body*, Jonathan Crary e Sanford Kwinter, editores, Zone, pp.&nbsp;362–385)
* "Partial closure: Dorion Sagan reflects on Carl" (1997 - *Whole Earth'', summer, pp.&nbsp;34–37)
* "Gender Specifics: Why Women Aren't Men" (1998 - *The New York Times* https://www.nytimes.com/specials/women/nyt98/21saga.html)
* "The Beast with Five Genomes" (2001 - con Lynn Margulis - *Natural History*, xuño, pp.&nbsp;38–41)
* "The Postman Already Always Rings Twice: Fragments for an Understanding of the Future" (2004 *Cabinet: A Quarterly of Art and Culture*, pp.&nbsp;23–27)
* "Gradient-Reduction Theory: Thermodynamics and the Purpose of Life" (2004 - with Jessica H. Whiteside. In *Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century* MIT Press)
* "A Brief History of Sex" (2007 - *Cosmos* [Australia], xuño/xullo, pp.&nbsp;50–55)
* "Evolution, Complexity, and Energy Flow" (2008 - *Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution* John B. Cobb Jr., Editor, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, pp.&nbsp;145–156)
* "What is the Cultural Relevance of Bacteria?" (2009 - Sputnik Observatory) https://web.archive.org/web/20090705095502/http://blog.sptnk.org/2009/06/30/what-is-the-cultural-relevance-of-bacteria-2/

### Historias curtas 
* "The Tchaikovsky Dream Continuum" *Cabinet*, Issue 54 The Accident (Summer 2014)
* "The New Age Witch" (1993) *After Hours*, #19, summer, pp.&nbsp;36–45
* "Love’s Strangers" (2006) *Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review*, summer, Vol. 1, Issue 3, "Flesh," pp.&nbsp;3–10
* "Semi-Naked" (2006) *Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review*, winter, Vol. 1, Issue 1, "Gristle," pp.&nbsp;5–24

## Notas 
* "Dorion Sagan." (15 de xuño de 2005). *Contemporary Authors Online*. Consultado o 20 de maio de 2007.

## Véxase tamén 
### Ligazóns externas 
*Sputnik Observatory Interviews  (en inglés)
*Biografía, en Edge Foundation (en inglés)
* A termodinámica da vida. (en castelán) Artigo onde explican o sentido do libro.
*[http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/contributors/sagan_dorion.php/ ] Ensaios en Cabinet Magazine (en inglés)
*Web de *Into the Cool* (arquivada en 2014)
*Entrevistas no Sputnik Observatory (en inglés)  
*Son da entrevista con Dorion Sagan a súa nai L. Margulis
*"Second Nature" (artigo en inglés)
*Letters (discutindo "Turing Gaia," as bases naturais da teoloxía)  a Olivia Judson, columna “Wild Side / Heavy Weather,” no *The New York Times*