Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan
Ann Druyanis an Emmy Award-winning American writer and Peabody Award-winning producer specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2013 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey...
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth13 June 1949
CityNew York City, NY
instant scientific tribute
I really think it's a tribute to Carl. To me, it's a kind of instant scientific literacy.
call delighted gratified image time
Every time I see an image from the Hubble, I just want to call Carl, because I think he would have been so inspired, ... Visually, this 'Cosmos' would have gratified him and delighted him enormously.
sacred skeptic ifs
If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.
technology thinking decision
We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and excluded from its workings, from the values of science, the methods of science, and the language of science. A good place to start would be for as many of us as possible to begin to understand the decision-making and the basis for those decisions, and to act independently and not be manipulated into thinking one thing or another, but to learn how to think. That's what science does.
numbers trying steps
Carl Sagan always used to say that when he was trying to explain something to someone, he would go back to that time when he didn't understand it, and then he would retrace his thought steps so that he could make it absolutely clear, and that's one of the infinite number of things I learned from him.
technology thinking views
I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science.
enlightenment sacred steps
No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.