 《三思科学》电子杂志
纪念卡尔·萨根特刊
2001年12月20日
目 录
封面
安·德鲁彦寄语《三思科学》
怀念萨根
[安·德鲁彦]科学需要普及吗？
[李大光]萨根其人及其思想
[胡铂]接触宇宙的人
[逍遥]我与卡尔·萨根
[胡铂]卡尔·萨根：驱蛇人
[小江]科学的意义
[小茜]那个遥远的地方
[庞旸]呼唤中国的卡尔·萨根
[柯南]阳光下的暗淡蓝点
[碧声]宇宙与心灵的诗歌
科学美国人：萨根的个人生活
科学美国人：怀念卡尔·萨根
萨根作品及相关资料
在阴影的幽谷中
《数以十亿》跋
无论在天堂还是大地
卡尔·萨根相关图片
卡尔·萨根部分作品简介
版权声明·订阅与投稿须知
三思科学杂志社
本期责编 碧声
三思言论集
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安·德鲁彦
寄语《三思科学》
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以下为萨根的夫人Ann Druyan给三思科学杂志编辑部的来信之译文：
收到你们美妙的信和《梁祝》的唱片，我深受感动。
能够收到这个星球上各地因卡尔·萨根而觉醒的人们的来信，
这是我的财富。每当读到这些信的时候，我都在心中思忖这样的
一个奇迹，那就是，卡尔·萨根作为一个人，要比起他远远地通
过其伟大作品所表现出来的更加令人感动。他完全值得信赖、温
文尔雅，并且非常善良。他是一个具有非凡勇气的人。
你们向我寻求鼓励，我愿以全心给予。我深信，作为一个物
种，我们唯一的希望在于领悟科学所揭示的以及卡尔教给我们的
宇宙观。我们需要学会如何了解关于我们在这个宇宙中的实际状
况的信息，从而影响到我们的行动：原教旨主义、民族主义、迷
信和种族主义——当我们以大宇宙为背景的时候，它们都狭隘得
可怜。我们需要培养一种更重要的神圣情怀，把地球上的生命自
远古以来的延续性看得高于一切，甚至高于金钱和权力。
卡尔总是努力帮助我们认识到：我们生活在一个暗淡蓝点上，
那是拥有四十亿星辰的星系中的一颗微尘，而这个星系本身也不
过是数量更加巨大的千亿个星系中的一个……这一伟大的科学见
解具有伦理和精神的意蕴……带着怀疑和惊叹——两者缺一不可
——我们能够学会在这颗行星上共存，或许有一天能飞向其它恒
星。
在卡尔去世的五年之后，他依然活在那些由他所唤醒并被科
学所吸引的人们的心中。
我谨祝你们事业有成，并希望在未来的某个时候，我们的人
生道路能够交汇。
你们忠实的，
安·德鲁彦
2001年12月4日
以下为Ann Druyan来信的原文：
I was deeply touched to receive your wonderful letter and The
Butterfly Lovers cd.
It's my good fortune to hear from people all over the planet who
credit Carl with their awakenings. Whenever I read these messages I
think to myself that the wonder of it is that Carl Sagan was even
more impressive in person than he appeared to be from a distance
through his great works. He was completely authentic, gentle and
very kind. He was an exceptionally brave man.
You ask me for some encouragement. I give it with all my heart. I
believe that our only hope as a species is to grasp the cosmic
perspective that science reveals and that Carl taught. We need to
learn how to take this information about our actual circumstances in
the universe so that it influences our actions: Fundamentalism,
nationalism, superstition, racism--seem pathetically narrow when
viewed in the cosmic context. We need to develop a more
consequential sense of the sacred, one that values the ancient
continuity of life on Earth above everything, even money and power.
Carl was always trying to help us see that we live on a pale blue
dot, tiny in a galaxy of four billion suns, which itself is only one
in the greater vastness of a hundred billion galaxies. . .That there
are ethical and spiritual implications of this grand scientific
insight. . . That with skepticism and wonder, both, never one without
the other, we could learn to live together on this planet and
perhaps, even one day go to the stars.
Five years after Carl's death he lives in the minds he awakened and
attracted to science.
I wish you every success in the work you're doing and hope that our
paths will someday cross.
Sincerely,
Ann Druyan 
附：以下为三思科学杂志编辑部给Ann Druyan的信·中文版：
尊敬的安·德鲁彦夫人：
我们是一小群在业余时间致力于通过互联网在中国宣扬科学
精神和科学观念的热心者。我们设立了一个非盈利的科普网站，
并发行一份（可能是唯一一份中文的）大众科学电子杂志。作为
计算机程序员、生物化学教师、外科医生、大学学生和科学新闻
记者，可以说我们每一个人会走上科学传播的道路都与卡尔·萨
根先生有直接或者间接的联系。
作为十三亿中国人中的成员，我们一边为我们的祖国深深的
自豪，一面也看到在辉煌文明中所不可避免的不足和遗憾。正如
萨根先生在其生前最后一部伟大著作——《魔鬼出没的世界》中
写的一样，在今天甚至就在我给您写这封信的时候，伪科学、反
科学和神秘主义的糟粕依然在有着五千年历史的中华大地上四处
游荡。这些这些不利于青少年健康成长的思潮正在毒害着我们年
轻的一代，而一些伪科学的骗术也正在疯狂的搜刮着老百姓的钱
包。
中华民族在性格上是含蓄的，这被称为东方人的美德。然而
作为年轻的一代，我们无法坐视我们伟大的祖国和我们善良的人
民被欺骗、被愚弄，尤其是在阅读了萨根先生的伟大作品以后。
虽然电视系列片《宇宙》尚未在中国上映，但我们已经有了《宇
宙》（书）、《魔鬼出没的世界》、《伊甸园的飞龙》、《暗淡
蓝点》等作品的中文版。在那些洋溢着科学之美以及对人类处境
的深深的忧郁的文字中，我们获得了坚持的动力。
我们深深地相信，萨根先生的伟大著作不仅对伟大的美国人
民是有益的，而且对当今的中国人民也同样如此，甚至更加重要。
为了表达我们这个小小的群体对萨根先生的敬仰，也为了使更多
的中国读者接近和了解萨根先生的伟大著作，我们准备为我们的
电子杂志筹办一期介绍萨根先生的生平、作品和他伟大的科学成
就的特刊，预定12月20日发行。如果能够得到您的鼓励，我相信
这会极大的鼓舞我们的信心，而且也表达了美国人民对中国人民
的友爱之情。
随信寄上一张唱片，里面录有最优美的中国乐曲之一《梁祝》，
希望您能够喜欢。衷心地祝您健康快乐。
《三思科学》电子杂志编辑部 敬上
2001年11月9日
以下为三思科学杂志编辑部给Ann Druyan的信·英文版：
November 9, 2001
Dear Mrs. Ann Druyan,
We are a small group of people that are trying to promote science in China
via Internet in our off hours. We've established a non-profit website and a
(maybe the only in Chinese) monthly online magazine of popular science.
As computer programmer, biochemistry teacher, surgeon, university student
and science reporter, every of us were set to the path of public science
communication by Mr. Carl Sagan.
As a few of 1.3 billion Chinese, we are highly proud of our motherland. But
we also deeply regret negative sides and defects of the great Chinese culture.
Just like Mr. Sagan had described in his great works The Demon-Haunted
World, specters of pseudo-science, anti-science, superstition and other
confusions are still haunting the country that has a history of 5,000 years, just
when we're writing to you now. Minds of the youth are been poisoned.
Frauds of pseudo-science are making big money from the public.
Modest and quiet are regarded as traditional merits of Chinese. But we are
young. We are educated. We know what's happening. We can't keep silence
when our people are cheated, especially after reading Mr. Sagan's great works.
Although the great works (Sorry, I have to use the phrase again and again) TV
series Cosmos has not been shown in China yet, we've got Chinese version of
Cosmos (the book), The Demon-Haunted World, The Dragons of Eden,
Pale Blue Dot, etc. We're deeply moved by beauty of science and concern for
the future of humankind that Mr. Sagan had revealed. Adhering to our website
and magazine is not easy. It's the greatness of Mr. Sagan that inspired us.
We believe that the great works of Mr. Sagan are as - maybe even more -
beneficial and important to the Chinese people as to the American people. In
order to show our respect and admiration, and to attract more Chinese to the
works of Mr. Sagan, we're planning a special edition of our online magazine.
To be released on December 20, it will focus on Mr. Sagan's life, works and
achievements. If you could kindly give us a little encouragement, it would be
extremely valuable and inspiring for us. We believe that it would also be an
evidence of the friendship between the American people and the Chinese people.
We're sending you a compact disc recorded with one of the best pieces of
Chinese music, The Butterfly Lovers (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai).
Hope you would enjoy it. We all wish you good health and happiness.
Sincerely yours
Editors of MyScience Online Magazine
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