Dec. 20, 1996: Science Loses Its Most Visible Public Champion | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

Dec. 20, 1996: Science Loses Its Most Visible Public Champion | This Day In Tech | Wired.com:

"Calling Carl Sagan a scientist is a little like calling the Beatles a rock band. Sagan was certainly a scientist (an astronomer, biologist and astrophysicist, to be precise). But he was also science’s most visible public advocate, a secular humanist, a fervent believer in extraterrestrial life, a teacher, an author, a television host and a political activist."