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It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.
Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 9
Died: 1996
Died: December 20
Astronomer
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
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Carl Edward Sagan
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