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The Cosmic Translator

Carl Sagan

🔭 1934–1996 · Astronomer & Cosmic Storyteller

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

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I am

The Cosmic Translator

30% Scientist22% Visionary18% Connector

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

/dna
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A universe
AstronomyCosmologySkepticismEvolutionSETIScience Writing

"My private cosmos."

/galaxy
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A constellation
AstronomyCosmologySkepticismEvolutionSETIScience WritingScientist

"Every star is an idea I've kept."

/graph
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I have climbed
1934 · Born in Brooklyn1960 · The Astronomer1977 · The Golden Record1980 · Cosmos1994 · Pale Blue Dot

"Every year, a better version of my mind."

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The Cosmic Translator
Carl Sagan
Scientist · Visionary · Connector
20
Books
6
Themes
62
Years
NO. 1934

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

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What they read

  • ›Edwin Hubble
  • ›Theodosius Dobzhansky — evolution
  • ›Bertrand Russell
  • ›H. G. Wells

What they wrote

  • ›Cosmos
  • ›The Demon-Haunted World
  • ›Pale Blue Dot
  • ›Contact

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