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Carl Sagan

Was he a scientician?

damo666 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:45 am

Carl Sagan

No.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:46 am

Was he a scientician?

Yes.

Was he a physicist?

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:58 am

Was he a physicist?

No.

Was he a biologist?

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am

Was he a biologist?

No.

Answers so far:

1. White male
2. NOT BOTH a real person and alive
3. Real person (and)
3. Born in the Americas (and)
3. Deceased
4. Alive after 1970
5. NOT an entertainer
6. NOT divorced
7. NOT a politician
8. NOT a military figure
9. Scientician (which I will take to mean that he worked in the sciences)
10. NOT a physicist
11. NOT a biologist

Incorrect Guesses:
Carl Sagan (damo666)

Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?

Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm

Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?

Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?

SORRY! Retract all this, my phone browser didn't update!

I saw "not a physicist" and for some reason it wasn't showing gooner's question.

I guess it's some kind of chemist.

Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.

Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:16 pm

Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.

Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?

No.

Hard to fathom how a scientist who never wrote a popular book could meet the 50% Dart Test. Ideas anyone?

Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.

Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....

Doug7878 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.

Ah, there you go.

Hamish wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....

Economics is a social science but I don't think most people would regard an economist as a "scientist".