Carl Sagan Tribute

[LastingDawn]

Glorious Dawn - Carl Sagan Tribute


I know what some of you might be thinking... this is completely out of character for me, but this video has lead me on a pretty interesting journey that partially takes me through my childhood, as I too had a grand interest in the stars as a boy, and I never really ventured back into it since I was young. So seeing this video, (which I happened across rather incidentally...)especially with the message it gives and the hope it instills, at least in me, has brought me full circle. I've been spending most of the day and night watching his (29 year old...) series called Cosmos and am learning everything anew, along with many other interesting pieces of history.

To any light fan (anything more than light would probably seem insipid to them...) of astronomy or just space itself I fully suggest the Cosmos series, though it is old, it is still very relevant.

http://www.hulu.com/cosmos

[Dormin Jake]

When I saw the title of this thread, I immediately planned on posting that exact video.  But you beat me to it!  Carl Sagan, the cosmos, astronomy, all that stuff is amazing.  And that is coming for a lit. grad student.

[Aquablack]

That song has been stuck in my head for days now. It makes me feel somewhat emotional when I hear it.

[Archael]

Carl Sagan = awesome

[Vanya]

Carl Sagan = awesome

[LastingDawn]

Well I just finished the series, and I have to wonder if his series had something to do with the peaceful way things went, after the mini-dark age held in the Cold War. He has a lot of messages about preserving our species and assuring that we don't take the path of self-destruction. His story and passion he puts into the story of Great Library of Alexandria are very uplifting, and a cautionary tale all the same, especially with the knowledge that the Great Library fell because the general Christian populace of the time couldn't stand that a Woman ran the Library (this was 320 AD mind you...), and a year after her death burned the place to the ground, and innumerable pieces of great literature and knowledge was lost forever... it's a harrowing thought.

[Vanya]

That was one of the great tragedies of our story as a species.
Makes me mad just thinking about it.
It occurs to me that all the surprise at recent discoveries of ancient technology that scientists assume was too advanced for our ancestors to come up with is due to the destruction of that library where, no doubt, information about these things was kept.

[Bastard Poetry]

I've had this song stuck in my head all week. Thanks for sharing it!

[DarthPaul]

Because this is on topic and hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Ug-dJrdmc

[Archael]

Because this is on topic and hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Ug-dJrdmc

haha yeah

[Cheetah]

I have no idea about this stuff, but that video was actually pretty sweet.

[Aquablack]

Symphony of Science - "We are all Connected"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk