Dorion Sagan

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Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.

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instanceOf American person
author
essayist
non-fiction writer
science writer
coauthor Eric D. Schneider
Jessica Whiteside
John H. Brockman
Lynn Margulis
Tyler Volk
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Massachusetts Amherst
father Carl Sagan
fieldOfWork complexity
ecology
evolution
science communication
genre popular science
science essays
hasWrittenAbout Gaia hypothesis
climate and planetary life
complex systems
microbial evolution
On the Origin of Species
surface form: origin of species

philosophy of biology
symbiosis
thermodynamics and life
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Lynn Margulis
movement Gaia hypothesis discourse
symbiogenesis theory discourse
name Dorion Sagan self-link
notableFor interdisciplinary essays linking science and philosophy
popularizing the work of Lynn Margulis
writing on evolution and symbiosis for general audiences
notableWork Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature
Death and Sex
Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
What Is Life?
occupation author
essayist
science writer

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Death and Sex author Dorion Sagan
Microcosmos author Dorion Sagan
Carl Sagan child Dorion Sagan
Lynn Margulis child Dorion Sagan
Death and Sex coAuthor Dorion Sagan
Tyler Volk coAuthor Dorion Sagan
Dorian Sagan coAuthorWith Dorion Sagan
Lynn Petra Alexander hasChild Dorion Sagan
Lynn Petra Alexander influenced Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan name Dorion Sagan self-link