Okay, I am a few days late since his birthday was last Friday (November 9), but I did not want the occasion to pass without a quick note. While Dr. Sagan passed away about 16 years ago, his papers, books and television series
Cosmos, as well as the Carl Sagan Memorial Station on Mars, are constant reminders of the talents and hard work he brought to astronomy and cosmology. He was the great popularizer of science, as well as
a social critic forever warning us of our blind spots
. In this 1994 interview with
Anne Kalosh, he voiced his concerns:
We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and
yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands
science and technology. That's a clear prescription for disaster.
A nice way to remember Dr. Sagan is to listen to his words in this
video about this Pale Blue Dot we call home.
