Carl Sagan
- This is a preview of the essay.
To view the full text you must login!
Gustavo Castillo
Essay #5 Revision
December 10, 2002
Changing The World Through Science
Carl Sagan feared a world in which only the scientists utilized science because he understood how useful science can be. He felt that science is or at least should be essential to everyone around the world. He understood that science should not be left to the scientists alone but to the laymen as well. In his essay "Science and Hope" an excerpt from his 1995 bestseller The Demon-Haunted World: Science as the Candle in the Dark Sagan explains why he feels this way. "It is insufficientindeed it is dangerousto produce only a small, highly competent, well-rewarded priesthood of professionals. Instead, some fundamental understanding of the findings and methods of science must be available on the broadest scale" (392-3). Sagan does not mention if or how he has worked to spread the word of science to the world. There are however are many noticeable works on Sagan that detail how Sagan affected the world through science. A few of these works include a book review in Newsweek on his 1997 novel The Dragons of Eden, Keay Davidson's biography Carl Sagan: A life, and finally his obituary printed in The New York Times in 1996.
One thing that gave Carl Sagan the opportunity to become so popular was his timing...