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
believe expression people
A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.
powerful humility reality
It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at his disposal, was the scientific method, which over time winnows out deception. It can't give you absolute truth because science is a permanent revolution, always subject to revision, but it can give you successive approximations of reality.
dream kids hopeful
I don't have any faith, but I have a lot of hope, and I have a lot of dreams of what we could do with our intelligence if we had the will and the leadership and the understanding of how we could take all of our intelligence and our resources and create a world for our kids that is hopeful.
instant scientific tribute
I really think it's a tribute to Carl. To me, it's a kind of instant scientific literacy.
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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.
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When a Carl Sagan appears someone who really has that astonishing combination of poetry, of knowledge, of ethics, of vision then thats the person I want to work with and do that new 'Cosmos.' I havent found that person quite yet.
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In 1974, I first met Carl. I was 25 years old. I am 51 now.
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He had a passion for democracy, for people to make informed decisions so they can think critically, ... He was rare blend of science and poetry and social consciousness.
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I was very much involved in updating the imagery, so it will seem new in terms of the latest effects, but we haven't changed the text we wrote 25 years ago,