Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and science popularizer. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He is world-famous for his popular science books and the television series ', which he co-wrote and presented. In his works, he frequently advocated the scientific method.

Awards and medals

• Apollo Achievement Award - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Chicken Little Honorable Mention - 1991 - National Anxiety Center; a dubious achievement award from an organization which is skeptical (Commonwealth spelling: sceptical) about many pessimistic appraisals of the state of the environment
• Distinguished Public Service - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Emmy - Outstanding individual achievement - 1981 - PBS series Cosmos
• Emmy - Outstanding Informational Series - 1981 - PBS series Cosmos
• Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Helen Caldicott Leadership Award - Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament
• Homer Award - 1997 - Contact
• Hugo Award - 1998 - Contact
• Hugo Award - 1981 - Cosmos
• Hugo Award - 1997 - The Demon-Haunted World
• Humanist of the Year - 1981 - awarded by the American Humanist Association
• In Praise of Reason Award - 1987 - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
• Isaac Asimov Award - 1994 - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
• John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award - American Astronautical Society
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award - 1974 - The Cosmic Connection
• Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1974
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal - Soviet Cosmonauts Federation
• Locus Poll Award 1986 - Contact
• Lowell Thomas Award - Explorers Club - 75th Anniversary
• Masursky Award - American Astronomical Society
• Peabody - 1980 - PBS series Cosmos
• Public Welfare Medal - 1994 - National Academy of Sciences
• Pulitzer Prize for Literature - 1978 - The Dragons of Eden
• SF Chronicle Award - 1998 - Contact
• Carl Sagan Memorial Award - Named in his honor
• Named 99th "Greatest American" on the June 5th, 2005 "Greatest American" show on the Discovery Channel.