The Artist of Science: Sagan's Biography (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: [US] Davidson
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Carl Sagan was a renowned American astronomer and a celebrated science popularizer worldwide. He was a highly influential figure in the field of American space exploration and served as a long-term professor of astronomy and space science at Cornell University, as well as the director of the Planetary Laboratory, achieving outstanding research results in planetary physics. In the field of science popularization, his numerous achievements are globally recognized: the 13-part television series Cosmos, which he hosted in the 1980s, was translated into over a dozen languages and broadcast in nearly 70 countries, with its accompanying book selling over 5 million copies worldwide. His science and popular science books, such as Cosmos, Dragon of Eden, Comet, Pale Blue Dot, and The Demon-Haunted World, have been widely read across the globe, including in China. He was an idol for countless young Americans and earned the reputation of "an artist who performs science." At the same time, Sagan was also a contradictory figure—his first two marriages ended in divorce, and he had "rivals" among his peers. Since the publication of the English original of this Biography of Sagan, it has quickly received widespread acclaim, presenting readers with an extraordinary scientist and science advocate, a vivid and distinctly individual person.