Sagan
Sagan is a surname, most famously associated with Carl Sagan (1934–1996), the American astronomer and science communicator who popularized astronomy through his television series *Cosmos* and his distinctive phrase "billions and billions." The name sometimes appears as shorthand for accessible science communication or cosmic wonder: He's got real Sagan energy when he talks about the universe.
Germanic masculine name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
NASA interstellar mission name
- photographImage from a camera
- EarthOur world
- moteTiny airborne particle
- dustFine settled particles
sunbeam · pale · distant · fragile · tiny · perspective · insignificance · humanity
Serialized broadcast entertainment program
- PBSNon-profit educational broadcaster
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- billionsThousands of millions
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
Vangelis · soundtrack · 1980 · reboot · Neil deGrasse Tyson · narrator · special effects · Emmy
Ivy League institution
- SETIQuest for cosmic signals
- exoplanetsWorlds orbiting other stars
- extraterrestrial lifeOrganisms existing beyond Earth
- Drake equationFormula estimating detectable civilizations
planetary science · Mars · Venus · Titan · NASA · JPL · Viking · nuclear winter
One who broadens appeal
- booksBound written works
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
critical thinking · wonder · accessible · bestseller · author · educator · spokesperson · advocate
Imaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- influencePower to affect others
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
institute · foundation · turtleneck · quotes · icon · tributes · cultural impact · remembered
Carl
Germanic masculine name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · genealogy · Ukrainian · Jewish · Brooklyn · parents · son
Voyager
NASA interstellar mission name
- photographImage from a camera
- EarthOur world
- moteTiny airborne particle
dust · sunbeam · pale · distant · fragile · tiny · perspective · insignificance · humanity · home
television series
Serialized broadcast entertainment program
- PBSNon-profit educational broadcaster
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- billionsThousands of millions
episodes · Vangelis · soundtrack · 1980 · reboot · Neil deGrasse Tyson · narrator · special effects · Emmy · cultural phenomenon
Cornell
Ivy League institution
- SETIQuest for cosmic signals
- exoplanetsWorlds orbiting other stars
- extraterrestrial lifeOrganisms existing beyond Earth
Drake equation · planetary science · Mars · Venus · Titan · NASA · JPL · Viking · nuclear winter · cosmology
popularizer
One who broadens appeal
- booksBound written works
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
skepticism · critical thinking · wonder · accessible · bestseller · author · educator · spokesperson · advocate · outreach
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- influencePower to affect others
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
memorial · institute · foundation · turtleneck · quotes · icon · tributes · cultural impact · remembered
- AstronomersGalileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus, Edwin Hubble, Tycho Brahe
- American ScientistsBenjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jonas Salk
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- French AuthorsVictor Hugo, Jules Verne, Voltaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- Astronomy HistoryCopernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Ptolemy
SaganL. Ron Hubbard
Jenny McCarthy · Gwyneth Paltrow · Alex Jones · anti-vaxxers · creationists
- epic sagaExtended heroic narrative work
- legendary sagaFamous long heroic narrative
- family sagaMultigenerational narrative chronicle
- Carl Sagan
- Viking sagaMedieval Scandinavian prose narrative
- Norse sagaOld Scandinavian heroic narrative