{"id":12438,"date":"2021-11-27T11:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poobservatory.org\/vtn\/?page_id=12438"},"modified":"2021-12-05T07:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T07:11:13","slug":"carl-sagan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.poobservatory.org\/vtn\/carl-sagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Sagan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12438\" class=\"elementor elementor-12438\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-366ba8bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"366ba8bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5e279d\" data-id=\"2e5e279d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f667f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26f667f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"251\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.poobservatory.org\/vtn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society_cropped-251x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.poobservatory.org\/vtn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society_cropped-251x300.png 251w, http:\/\/www.poobservatory.org\/vtn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society_cropped.png 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0e718 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0e718\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac26879\" data-id=\"ac26879\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce88fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ce88fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"ult-animation  ult-animate-viewport  ult-no-mobile \" data-animate=\"slideInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"1\" data-animation-iteration=\"1\" data-opacity_start_effect=\"80\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element animated slideInUp\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Getting to know Carl Sagan<\/h3><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element animated slideInUp\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Private Life<\/h4><p>Carl Edward Sagan was an American Astronomer, Astrophysicist and writer. He was born on November 9 th , 1934, and lived until he was 62. Born in Brooklyn New York to Samuel Sagan and Rachel Molly Gruber, he lived there with his parents and his sister Carol. He married three times and had 5 children in all.<\/p><h4>How it Started<\/h4><p>In keeping with many scientists, he was an atheist. His interest in science started as early as 1939 when he was taken to the World Fair in New York, and years later could discuss exhibits they had seen there. While still at school, he learned about the planets.<\/p><h4>Education<\/h4><p>After graduating from Rahway High School, he attended the University of Chicago and gained a B.A. in 1954. It was here that he took an interest in physics and wrote a thesis about the origins of life. The following year he was awarded a B.S and in 1956, his M.S.<\/p><h4>Working Life<\/h4><p>Early work included the assistance in development of the Mariner 2 probe, before moving on to work at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Jet Propulsion Lab for NASA. Here he was building a theory that the atmosphere of Venus was not as close to that of Earth as many believed. He was of the opinion that it was possible for there to be life on other planets. From 1968 \u2013 1970 he was Associate Professor and then Professor at Cornell University and it was here that he worked with Frank Drake producing plagues that were sent up with Pioneer 10 and 11 for extra- terrestrial beings to find in the future.<\/p><h4>Writing<\/h4><p>Sagan\u00a0has written or been involved with in the region of 20 books and more than 600 papers have been published by him. In 1977, he wrote \u201cThe Dragons of Eden -Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.\u201d It was not until 1980 however that he published \u201cCosmos\u201d which later became a series shown on T.V.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763c487a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"763c487a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Sagan\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to know Carl Sagan Private Life Carl Edward Sagan was an American Astronomer, Astrophysicist and writer. He was born on November 9 th , 1934, and lived until he was 62. Born in Brooklyn New York to Samuel Sagan and Rachel Molly Gruber, he lived there with his parents and his sister Carol. He married three times and had 5 children in all. 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