Cosmos discussion

I just completed reading cosmos , and this book is a Gem , I have got lots of knowledge from this . I just wanted to to know the opinions of people who also have read this book

I grew up watching Cosmos on TV. Carl Sagan has fueled my imagination all my life. I strongly suggest reading Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Cosmos Tv series was a Gem . No one can create something like that again

Alok wrote: "Cosmos Tv series was a Gem . No one can create something like that again"

Yes, that new, "flashier" version "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" with Neil deGrasse Tyson is just a pale shadow in my humble opinion.

That's Very true

Whereas , Cosmos has inspired, will inspire Millions to take up Astronomy and astrophysics for it shows the beauty of the Universe in a very Charming way thanks to Mr.Sagan

This presentation gets me every time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSrL0...

IMHO, this is a must read book, for any person who deems to become a thinker, somebody who claims to understand the basics of the basics about how our world functions.

Thanks for sharing that video Radu , That was Such a masterpiece , one of the greatest speech i have heard in a while .

Carl Sagan was a great scientist. The masterpiece of him, Cosmos, is my favourite science writing. Sagan reminded us again and again, the universe that we live in isn’t about us.
A great work, and a great human being. He is an incarnation of science at its best: inquisitive, rational, imaginative, honest, humble, and, most of all, full of awe at the vast splendor of the cosmos. Sagan moves back and forth through time to show the evolution of the cosmos as well as the human journey of evolving consciousness and a scientific method to understand the beauty of the natural world. It is wonderful and provocative science book.

Claudio wrote: "IMHO, this is a must read book, for any person who deems to become a thinker, somebody who claims to understand the basics of the basics about how our world functions."

I am so glad you liked it Claudio!

Seyma wrote: "Carl Sagan was a great scientist. The masterpiece of him, Cosmos, is my favourite science writing. Sagan reminded us again and again, the universe that we live in isn’t about us.
A great work, and..."

Beautifully written Seyma!

Radu wrote: "Alok wrote: "Cosmos Tv series was a Gem . No one can create something like that again"

Yes, that new, "flashier" version "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" with Neil deGrasse Tyson is just a pale shado..."

I would agree that it is much more flashier, but it was designed for the younger ones today. Just repackaged. But hey if it gets these kids involved in thinking and the universe, I am all for it.

P.L. wrote: "Yes, that new, "flashier" version "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" with Neil deGrasse Tyson is just..."

Yes, I totally agree! We need to nurture the next generation of thinkers and dreamers.

Radu wrote:

I am so glad you liked it, Claudio"
Thanks, Rady.

I really loved both the Series and the Book. The pictures are stunning!

It's so sad that about 80% of the USA population can see very few stars due to light pollution. I always thought it would be fun to go on an Astronomy cruise way out in the ocean where it is pitch black. (They would have to turn off much of the ships lights to let us get good views with telescopes.) Can you imagine?

But another thing I wanted to discuss here is this. I am amazed at the fiction Carl wrote! I always loved the movie, "Contact" and I picked up a used copy of the book he wrote by the same title.

I was blown away at how good it is! As good as or better than the movie.

Have any of you read any of Carl's other fiction? Do tell!

As far as I know, Contact was his only fiction book. All the rest was non-fiction.

Phil - You're right! ( I looked it up. )

Check this out!

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/ca...

Thanks Man.

Big Al

R. wrote: "I really loved both the Series and the Book. The pictures are stunning!

It's so sad that about 80% of the USA population can see very few stars due to light pollution. I always thought it would b..."

When this crisis is over and travel is unrestricted I want to take a trip in the desert away from the human pollution and do some astrophotography.

When the novel first came out, there was a lot of things that were conjecture that were covered yet which today in the year 2021 are generally considered to be confirmed.

Sagan only briefly touched upon the projected warming climate toward the end of his novel, as an example, and issued his notes as a caution rather than a warning.

Fiction and Non-fiction are two highly misleading categories.

Sagan and Druyan's collaboration in 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors' contains a lot of both. Check out Chapter 14, 'Gangland.' It is pure fiction, narrated by an imaginary female alpha ape, about life in the 'gang.' Sagan and Druyan use the story as an allegorical prelude to the non-fiction chapter(s) that follow.

Using fiction this way as a form of lively educational tool is nothing very new. Think of Plato's dialogues, for instance. One of my favorite examples from later antiquity is 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii' (Latin for 'On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury'). The author, Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. 410–420) was a Latin prose writer of Late Antiquity, who wrote this book to help teach students about the curriculum of the Seven Liberal Arts (the classic 'trivium' and 'quadrivium'). Although it is 100% allegory, it was a highly favored 'textbook' all through the middle ages.