Dorion Sagan


Dorion Sagan is an American essayist, fiction writer, poet, and theorist of ecology. He has written and co-authored books on culture, art, literature, evolution, and the history and philosophy of science, including Cosmic Apprentice, ''Cracking the Aging Code, and Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel.
His book Into the Cool,'' co-authored with Eric D. Schneider, is about the relationship between non-equilibrium thermodynamics and life.
Sagan's works have been translated into 15 languages and are widely cited in critical theory since The Nonhuman Turn, in New materialism, and in feminist science studies.
Sagan is a son of astronomer Carl Sagan and biologist Lynn Margulis. He has four siblings. His half-brother Nick Sagan is a science-fiction writer.

Books

Livro de seres invisiveis Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel Death and Sex Biospheres: Metamorphosis of Planet Earth Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future Cooking with Jesus: From the Primal Brew to the Last Brunch
  • ''The Sciences of Avatar''

Co-written with Lynn Margulis

Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors Origins of Sex: Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination Garden of Microbial Delights: A Practical Guide to the Subvisible World Biospheres from Earth to Space Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality What Is Sex? What Is Life? Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
  • ''Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature''

Co-written with Eric D. Schneider

  • ''Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life''

Co-written with others

Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence Within the Stone: Nature's Abstract Rock Art Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism
  • ''Darwin's Unfinished Business: The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Nature''

Essays

Technosphere Magazine
  • "Metametazoa: Biology and Multiplicity"
  • "Partial closure: Dorion Sagan reflects on Carl"
  • "Gender Specifics: Why Women Aren't Men"
  • "A Brief History of Sex"
  • "Evolution, Complexity, and Energy Flow"
  • "What is the Cultural Relevance of Bacteria?"

Short stories

  • "The Tchaikovsky Dream Continuum" Cabinet, Issue 54 The Accident
  • "The New Age Witch" After Hours, #19, summer, pp. 36–45
  • "Love's Strangers" Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review, summer, Vol. 1, Issue 3, "Flesh," pp. 3–10
  • "Semi-Naked" Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review, winter, Vol. 1, Issue 1, "Gristle," pp. 5–24

Awards and honors