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Carl Sagan Appreciation Thread
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 07:00 | Message # 1 |
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| I know that there are quite a few people on the forum who are Carl Sagan fans and whose lives he has fundamentally influenced. This thread is here to discuss all things Carl Sagan-related and/or share how Sagan has influenced your life (to conform to the forum rules, please no drug references).
To kick things off, here's a very inspiring story of how Carl Sagan dealt with an aspiring astrophysicist named Neil deGrasse Tyson 
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| Antza2 | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 07:10 | Message # 2 |
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| I actually first heard Carl Sagan a few months ago, but judging by his documentary series, he seemed like an awesome guy.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 07:26 | Message # 3 |
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| Quote (Antza2) I actually first heard Carl Sagan a few months ago, but judging by his documentary series, he seemed like an awesome guy.
Yup, the best. It would be difficult to name a greater man in recent history (though that of course depends on the criteria by which you judge greatness).
In continuing the theme of adding Sagan-themed media, here's a picture of a Carl Sagan paper doll I put together (I don't normally do things like this, but hey, it's Carl Sagan!)
Download from artist's page: http://obviouslycloe.deviantart.com/gallery....d47hrt1
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 09:41 | Message # 4 |
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| Its not a Carl Sagan thread without
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Also Sagan series is pretty good
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 11:40 | Message # 5 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) Also Sagan series is pretty good
The Sagan Series is phenomenal. I have all of them as local copies on my hard drive
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 13:59 | Message # 6 |
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| I read his last book, A Demon Haunted World, a couple years ago. That was quite a good read.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 30.08.2012, 14:44 | Message # 7 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) I read his last book, A Demon Haunted World, a couple years ago. That was quite a good read.
Indeed it was, although technically his last book was Billions and Billions. I actually never finished reading The Demon-Haunted World (I don't have the attention span to read like I used to ) but I would absolutely recommend it to anyone and everyone who can read English.
Continuing with the Sagan-themed media, in case no one here knows about it, there's a music project by John Boswell called "Symphony of Science", and the first several songs/videos prominently featured Carl Sagan. I highly recommend this as well.
The first was "A Glorious Dawn" (which I also own on vinyl  ):
I also own a Glorious Dawn t-shirt:
Clicking on the picture above links to where you can buy the shirt, in case anyone wants it.
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 03:42 | Message # 9 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) although technically his last book was Billions and Billions.
I didn't know that, will have to look into it. I've always heard and been told his last book was A Demon Haunted World as he died shortly after.
I still have this bookmarked, every episode of Cosmos is on youtube.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 04:28 | Message # 10 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) I've always heard and been told his last book was A Demon Haunted World as he died shortly after.
I had thought so too when I bought it, then I looked it up and found out that there was one more, though it wasn't published until after he died.
Quote (DoctorOfSpace) I still have this bookmarked, every episode of Cosmos is on youtube.
You should post those links in the Documentaries thread
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 04:32 | Message # 11 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) though it wasn't published until after he died.
That explains it.
Quote (HarbingerDawn) You should post those links in the Documentaries thread
I posted a link to a site that has all of these and more though. That was how I found it on youtube.
Site I posted page on Cosmos
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cosmos/
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 05:04 | Message # 12 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) Site I posted page on Cosmos
I saw the site (already went there and watched some things), but I'm such a huge proponent of Cosmos that I wanted to give it special attention If I could I would make it mandatory that every human watch that show.
I'm actually surprised that more people haven't posted in this thread, I know we have more Sagan fans than this on the forum.
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 05:24 | Message # 13 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) I know we have more Sagan fans than this on the forum.
It may be that there are fewer regular visiting members though.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 05:47 | Message # 14 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) It may be that there are fewer regular visiting members though.
True
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| FCC | Date: Friday, 31.08.2012, 06:36 | Message # 15 |
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| He was a really inspiring scientist, his works really made me feel his passion for life and learning.
My first approach to his work was reading The Demon-Haunted World.
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