Triumph Of Modern Science Over Medieval Superstition

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1) 10 Years After: Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan Reflect:
   • 10 Years After: Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan ...  
2) Lost Between Immensity And Eternity:
   • Lost Between Immensity And Eternity  
3) The Realm Of The Galaxies:
   • Realm Of The Galaxies  
4) Our Galaxy, The Milky Way:
   • The Milky Way Galaxy  
5) Our Solar System:
   • Our Solar System  
6) Eratosthenes And The Round Earth Model:
   • Eratosthenes And The Round Earth Model  
7) The Library Of Alexandria:
   • The Ancient Library Of Alexandria  
8) A Short History Of The Universe:
   • A Short History Of The Universe  
9) Artificial And Natural Selection:
   • Artificial And Natural Selection  
10) The Cosmic Year:
   • The Cosmic Calendar  
11) Tree Of Life - 4 Billion Years Of Evolution:
   • Tree Of Life - 4 Billion Years Of Evolution  
12) The Miracle Of Life:
   • The Miracle Of Life  
13) DNA - The Common Basis Of Life:
   • The Language Of Life  
14) Abiogenesis - The Origin Of Life:
   • Abiogenesis: The Origin Of Life  
15) Astronomy vs Astrology:
   • Astronomy vs Astrology  
16) Pictures In The Sky:
   • Pictures In The Sky  
17) Ancient Astronomy:
   • Ancient Astronomy  
18) Triumph Of Modern Science Over Medieval Superstition:
   • Triumph Of Modern Science Over Medieval Su...  
19) The Mysterious Tunguska Event:
   • The Mysterious Tunguska Event  
20) Life Beyond Earth - Origin Of Life In The Universe
   • Life Beyond Earth - Origin And Evolution O...  

Carl Edward Sagan, Ph.D. (1934-1996) was an American astronomer, astrochemist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage", which has been seen by more than 600 million people in over 60 countries, making it the most widely watched PBS program in history.

A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel "Contact", the basis for the 1997 Robert Zemecki's film of the same name starring Jodie Foster.

During his lifetime, Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books. In his works, he frequently advocated skeptical inquiry, secular humanism, and the scientific method.

• http://www.carlsagan.com

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works "Astronomia nova", "Harmonices Mundi", and "Epitome of Copernican Astrononomy". They also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

During his career, Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria, an assistant to astronomer Tycho Brahe, the court mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II, a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein. He also did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope (the Keplerian Telescope), and helped to legitimize the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei.

Kepler lived in an era when there was no clear distinction between astronomy and astrology, but there was a strong division between astronomy (a branch of mathematics within the liberal arts) and physics (a branch of natural philosophy).

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes...
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