Read the bio below and try to give details on carl sagan 's: - birth name - work institutions - birth date - caption - death date - field - spouse - name - death place - birth place - signature - prizes - known for - education - nationality - residence - doctoral advisor - image Bio: carl edward sagan -lrb- ; november 9 , 1934 -- december 20 , 1996 -rrb- was an american astronomer , cosmologist , astrophysicist , astrobiologist , author , science popularizer , and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences . his contributions were central to the discovery of the high surface temperatures of venus . however , he is best known for his contributions to the scientific research of extraterrestrial life , including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation . sagan assembled the first physical messages that were sent into space : the pioneer plaque and the voyager golden record , universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them . he published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author , co-author or editor of more than 20 books . sagan is known for many of his popular science books , such as '' the dragons of eden '' , '' broca 's brain '' and '' pale blue dot '' , and for the award-winning 1980 television series '' '' , which he narrated and co-wrote . the most widely-watched series in the history of american public television , '' cosmos '' has been seen by at least 500 million people across 60 different countries . the book '' cosmos '' was published to accompany the series . he also wrote the science fiction novel '' contact '' , the basis for a 1997 film of the same name . sagan always advocated scientific skeptical inquiry and the scientific method , pioneered exobiology and promoted the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence -lrb- seti -rrb- . he spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at cornell university , where he directed the laboratory for planetary studies . sagan and his works received numerous awards and honors , including the nasa distinguished public service medal , the national academy of sciences public welfare medal , the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction for his book '' the dragons of eden '' , and ,...
- birth name is carl edward sagan- work institutions is cornell california , berkeley university harvard university smithsonian astrophysical observatory university of- birth date is 9 november 1934- caption is carl sagan in 1980- death date is 20 december 1996- field is astronomy science , planetary science , astrophysics , cosmology , astrobiology , space- spouse is lynn 2 children -rrb- linda salzman -lrb- 1968 -- 81 ; margulis divorced ; 1 child -rrb- ann druyan -lrb- 1981 -- -lrb- 96 ; his death ; 2 children -rrb- 1957 -- 65 ; divorced ;- name is carl sagan- death place is seattle , washington , u.s.- birth place is brooklyn , new york , u.s.- signature is carl sagan signature.svg- prizes is nasa prize for general non-fiction -lrb- 1978 -rrb- oersted medal -lrb- distinguished 1990 -rrb- carl sagan award for public understanding of science public -lrb- 1993 -rrb- national academy of sciences public welfare medal service -lrb- 1994 -rrb- medal -lrb- 1977 -rrb- pulitzer- known for is search : a personal voyage '' '' cosmos '' voyager golden for record pioneer plaque '' contact '' '' pale blue dot extra-terrestrial '' intelligence -lrb- seti -rrb- '' cosmos- education is university -rrb- , -lrb- msc -rrb- , -lrb- phd -rrb- of chicago -lrb- b.a. -rrb- , -lrb- bsc- nationality is american- residence is united states- doctoral advisor is gerard kuiper- image is carl sagan planetary society.jpg