my children (Dorion, Jeremy, Nick, Sasha and Sam), physics, astronomy, astrophysics, teaching, the search for extraterrestrial life, planetary research, predicting smoky oil fires, Drake equation, liberalism, marijuana, the popularization of science, defending democratic traditions, resisting nationalism, defending humanism, arguing against geocentric and anthropocentric views, having things named after / dedicated to me
Those who are involved with the fight against myelodysplasia, which is the illness that I succumbed to on December 20, 1996 at the young age of 62.
Contact
Star Trek, Cosmos
Here is a brief compilation of the books I have written or been a part of:
Intelligent Life in the Universe, Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Mars and the Mind of Man, Other Worlds, Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, The Nuclear Winter: The World After Nuclear War
Contact, A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are, Comet, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium, The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark, Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Cosmos
PBS