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Top 10 science popularizers of all time

Since antiquity, some people have served society by translating science into popular form

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan's style and flair for communicating science is unmatched, and nobody articulates the phrase “billions and billions” better, though many have tried.

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By Tom Siegfried

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