Dorion Sagan (Madison, Wisconsin, 1959) és un autor, assagista, escriptor de ficció i filòsof nord-americà. Ha escrit i és coautor de llibres sobre cultura, evolució i història i filosofia de la ciència, incloent-hi Aprenent còsmic, Trencant el codi genètic del envelliment i Lynn Margulis: Vida i legat d'una científica rebel. El seu llibre En el fred, coautor d'Eric D.Schneider, tracta sobre la relació entre termodinàmica no equilibrada i la seva vida.
Sagan és fill de l'astrònom Carl Sagan i la biòloga Lynn Margulis. Té quatre germans. El seu germà Nick Sagan és un escriptor de ciència-ficció.
Bibliografia Llibres
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science (2013) Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel (2012, Sciencewriters Books) Death and Sex (two-in-one book with Tyler Volk, 2009) Biospheres: Metamorphosis of Planet Earth (1990) Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future (2007) Cooking with Jesus: From the Primal Brew to the Last Brunch (2001) The Sciences of Avatar (2010)
Co-autor amb Lynn Margulis Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors (1986) Origins of Sex : Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination (1986) Garden of Microbial Delights: A Practical Guide to the Subvisible World (1988) Biospheres from Earth to Space (1989) Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality (1991) What Is Sex? (1995) What Is Life? (1995) Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution (1997) Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species (2002) Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature (2007)
Co-autor amb Eric D. Schneider Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life (2005)
Col·laboracions amb altres autors
Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young (2016 - with Josh Mitteldorf) Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence (2002 - with John Skoyles) Within the Stone: Nature's Abstract Rock Art (2004 - partial text to book of photographs by Bill Atkinson) Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism (2006 - foreword to book by David Mills) Darwin's Unfinished Business: The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Nature (2011 - with Simon G Powell)
Assajos
"Möbius Trip: The Technosphere and Our Science Fiction Reality" Technosphere Magazine (2017) "Metametazoa: Biology and Multiplicity" (1992 - In Incorporations: Fragments for a History of the Human Body, Jonathan Crary and Sanford Kwinter, editors, Zone, p. 362–385) "Partial closure: Dorion Sagan reflects on Carl" (1997 - Whole Earth, summer, p. 34–37) "Gender Specifics: Why Women Aren't Men" (1998 - The New York Times ) "The Beast with Five Genomes" (2001 - with Lynn Margulis - Natural History June, p. 38–41) "The Postman Already Always Rings Twice: Fragments for an Understanding of the Future" (2004 Cabinet: A Quarterly of Art and Culture, p. 23–27) "Gradient-Reduction Theory: Thermodynamics and the Purpose of Life" (2004 - with Jessica H. Whiteside. In Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century MIT Press) "A Brief History of Sex" (2007 - Cosmos [Australia], June/July, p. 50–55) "Evolution, Complexity, and Energy Flow" (2008 - Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution John B. Cobb Jr., Editor, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, p. 145–156) "What is the Cultural Relevance of Bacteria?" (2009 - Sputnik Observatory)
Històries curtes
"The Tchaikovsky Dream Continuum" Cabinet, Issue 54 The Accident (Summer 2014) "The New Age Witch" (1993) - After Hours, #19, summer, p. 36–45 "Love’s Strangers" (2006) Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review, summer, Vol. 1, Issue 3, "Flesh," p. 3–10 "Semi-Naked" (2006) Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review, winter, Vol. 1, Issue 1, "Gristle," p. 5–24
Premis i honors First place, Silent Mora Ring 122 International Brotherhood of Magicians - 1974 EdPress Excellence in Educational Journalism Award, Nonprofit National - 1986 Humana Scholarship - Centre College Danville, Kentucky (2003) Lindisfarne Fellowship - Lindisfarne (2008 –) Advisory Board - Sputnik Inc (2009 –)
Referències
Enllaços externs Cabinet Magazine essays "Second Nature" (article)
Categoria:Escriptors de Wisconsin Categoria:Escriptors estatunidencs de ciència-ficció Categoria:Escriptors estatunidencs del segle XXI Categoria:Escriptors estatunidencs nascuts al segle XX Categoria:Persones de Madison (Wisconsin) Categoria:Nascuts el 1959