Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Today, November 9-th, is the birthday of Carl Sagan, an astronomer, author and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. Here is a tribute video for him. Btw, today is also the birthday of Hang, a frequent editor of haha.nu, and a special person for me. So, happy birthday to her . [...] Related posts: Carl Sagan – Pale Blue...
Berto: Philosophy Monkey (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Carl Sagan would have turned 75 yesterday. I can't help but wonder what the state of the world and our general attitude toward science would be today without his courageous quest to popularize science and inspire skepticism, critical thinking and awe at the human condition in light of our scientific understanding of the cosmos and our place in time and space. I'm not sure there's anyone...
WB Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remembering Carl Sagan http://bit.ly/2dkiaG
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
When I was 12, Cosmos was one of my favorite TV shows. The other was Benny Hill. Clearly, planetary exploration and semi-neekeed girls go together like William Shatner and Elton John songs , whiskey and glass, or Lego and awesome spaceships . This is the Carl Sagan deep exploration vessel, created by Ed Diment and Ralph Savelsberg—an expert in all things aircrafty and Lego . And...
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
This isn't exactly new, but we love it so much we're going to share it with you: a musical homage to science featuring snippets of wonderful sciency quotes from legendary figures such as Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman and others.
jtwitten's blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today is the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's existence. Unfortunately, Carl Sagan is no longer alive to celebrate with us. Carl is the paradigmatic advocate for science. Those trying to popularize science after Carl are all trying to be Carl. Sagan not only made science interesting, he never compromised on the facts. He trusted his audience to...
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | yesterday
Written by Nancy Atkinson Today would have been Carl Sagan’s 75th birthday. His life and work were monumental in astronomy and public outreach, and he had a profound influence on many people. I count myself among those who say they might not be where they are today were it not for Carl Sagan. Reading his books such [...]
Universe Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 75th birthday. His life and work were monumental in astronomy and public outreach, and he had a profound influence on many people. I count myself among those who say they might not be where they are today were it not for Carl Sagan. Reading his books such [...]
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Carl Sagan with a model of the Viking Lander. Photo via Wikipedia I miss Carl Sagan. Sagan's enthusiasm for science and his knack for translating difficult scientific concepts [...]
YesButNoButYes (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
From The Musical Science Desk... Two legendary professors were also kind of musicians. And it's now available on wax. Third Man Records , owned by a cat named Jack White III , recently released the song "A Glorious Dawn" on glorious 7-inch vinyl. I'll give you 3 guesses what I bought today. Composer John Boswell took various sound-bites from Carl Sagan's 1980s TV show Cosmos: A Personal...
Check Your Premises (Free subscription) | yesterday
“[A]narchy is order, whereas government is civil war.” -Anselme Bellegarrigue
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I could watch this video billions of times. Read the comments on this post...
Electronic Cerebrectomy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thought it was worth mentioning. One of my personal heroes.
Joel's humanistic blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
On December 10, the Secular Humanist Society of New York book club will discuss Acquiring Genomes by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan; details here (Carl Sagan's The Varieties of Scientific Experience has been featured in the past).
CAMERON'S BLOG (Free subscription) | yesterday
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.– Carl Sagan, 1934 – 1996
