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Linda Salzman Sagan

Linda Salzman Sagan was an American artist and writer who created the pictorial message for the Pioneer plaques. As the wife of Carl Sagan at the time, she was tasked with the challenge of representing humanity in a single, durable image. Her work was based on a combination of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings and classical Greek sculpture.

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