![]() ![]() "Although it was a class about astronomy, my final paper was about pseudoscience, a topic seemingly unrelated to the stars," Nye told the crowd at the Library of Congress Tuesday. One of those scientists was Bill Nye - a former student of Sagan's who went on to host the popular TV show "Bill Nye the Science Guy." Many researchers working in planetary science, astronomy and other scientific fields today were influenced by Sagan's work in the public arena. ![]() Some photos of the documents are available online now, but the archive can be seen in original form at the library. The Library of Congress plans to digitize the contents of the Carl Sagan archive, although that will take time, officials said. ![]() "Most of the mail that I receive, email I receive, is from very young teenagers, 20-somethings, and this is global. "For me, what I've been seeing over the last 17 years is an exponential, propagating interest in Carl," Druyan said of Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62. A letter written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan to Warner Brothers' production team in 1995 about the movie that would become 'Contact.' (Image credit: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress) ![]()
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