Conversations With Carl Sagan (Literary Conversations Series)

Product Description
Carl Sagan's profound philosophical humility mixed with personal exuberance come through in this collection of interviews and profiles that show how Sagan, a lifelong skeptic, refined his views and expressed amazement that Earth encompasses everything about which he cared. Simultaneous.
From Booklist
It's rare for a scientist to have enough cultural cachet to become the subject of comedy spoofs, one of Carl Sagan's many unusual accomplishments thanks to his zeal for bringing science to the public square in his best--selling books and his seminal television series,
Cosmos. Mr. "Billions and Billions" was a brilliant, erudite astronomer and astrophysicist with a strong interest in extraterrestrial life and a deep concern for life on Earth. He was also charismatic, energetic, warm, and eloquent, as the editor of this lively and valuable interview collection notes in his crisp introduction. Head uses the words
love, passion, and
wonder often in his profile, and they are keys to Sagan's success. An advocate for science education, space exploration, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament, Sagan was controversial and a great favorite with journalists. Head has selected 16 engaging conversations from such popular venues as
Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, The Charlie Rose Show, and NPR, and it's a boon to connect with Sagan's knowledge, wisdom, and generosity a decade after his early death at 62.
Donna Seaman

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From the Publisher
---Offers the first collection of interviews with Carl Sagan
---Shows the breadth of Sagan's concerns for the environment, for education, for mankind
---Contains many controversial moments
About the Author
Tom Head of Jackson, Mississippi, is a free-lance writer and poet whose work includes Women and Families (Voices from the Civil War), Possessions and Exorcisms (Fact or Fiction?), and 1966 (The Turbulent 60s).