Carl

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Carl is the given name of Carl Sagan, the renowned American astronomer, science communicator, and author.

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instanceOf human
awardReceived NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
Oersted Medal
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1934-11-09
dateOfDeath 1996-12-20
educatedAt University of Chicago
employer Cornell University
familyName Nick Sagan
surface form: Sagan
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
science communication
givenName Carl self-linksurface differs
knownFor contributions to the Voyager Golden Record
popularizing science
research on extraterrestrial life
work on planetary atmospheres
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableIdea Pale Blue Dot
surface form: Pale Blue Dot perspective

advocacy of SETI
promotion of scientific skepticism
notableWork Broca's Brain
Contact
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
surface form: Cosmos

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Pale Blue Dot
The Dragons of Eden
occupation astronomer
astrophysicist
author
cosmologist
science communicator
university teacher
placeOfBirth Brooklyn
New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
placeOfDeath Seattle, Washington, United States
surface form: Seattle

United States of America
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington
positionHeld director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University
professor of astronomy
religion agnosticism
sexOrGender male
spouse Ann Druyan
Linda Salzman Sagan
Lynn Margulis

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Carl Feynman givenName Carl
Carl Hayden givenName Carl
Carl Icahn givenName Carl
Carl Jung givenName Carl
Carl Rogers givenName Carl
Carl Sagan givenName Carl
Carl givenName Carl self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Carl Sagan
Carl Spaatz givenName Carl
Yaz givenName Carl
subject surface form: Carl Yastrzemski
Lick hasMiddleName Carl
Charles hasVariant Carl
Charles isCognateOf Carl