Posted by Ron Cave on December 31, 1996 at 11:02:39:
In Reply to: Carl Sagan posted by Amanda on December 30, 1996 at 18:30:38:
: When I subscribed to "Skeptic" magazine over the holidays - the woman who took the call mentioned that they were working on a tribute issue on Carl Sagan much like their first issue on Asimov. It will no doubt be a beauty so I thought I'd share the info. He was a great man and I was looking at other great minds that have died such as Asimov and Russell and a host of others and I'm wondering if anyone has any examples of ones that are alive today - fighting to get science out to the people and perhaps minimizing the effects of religion and mysticism in the process? One I can think of is Stephen J. Gould.
As with Carlos Javier we are amazed that only today,and through your
message board,we heard of the death of Carl Sagon. Here in Spain
we didn't hear anything from the B.B.C world service,or satellite Sky news
or our local English language newspapers. We met him at the Seattle
conference and he was kindness itself. We told him about a lady
who lives in the mountains near us who was, what can best be described as a
fan. He asked my wife to deliver his best wishe and me to give her a kiss from him.A kind,wise
and humourous man and an advocate of reason who will be sorely missed.