Quote by: Carl Sagan

You squeeze the eyedropper, and a drop of pond water drips out onto the microscope stage. You look at the projected image. The drop is full of life - strange beings swimming, crawling, tumbling; high dramas of pursuit and escape, triumph and tragedy. This is a world populated by beings far more exotic than in any science fiction movie...


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Author Bio


  • NameCarl Sagan
  • DescriptionAmerican astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
  • BornNovember 9, 1934
  • DiedDecember 20, 1996
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionCosmologist; Astrophysicist; Novelist; Planetary Scientist; Space Scientist; Popularizer Of Science; Science Fiction Writer; Science Writer
  • Awards; Pulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction; Humanist Of The Year