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the candle flame gutters. its little pool of light trembles. darkness gathers. the demons begin to stir. - carl sagan
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gravity wells scaled to earth surface gravity
on xkcd...click to enlarge at source...and it's big!btw... notice an even more glorious dawn awaits....?copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non-commercial use only....
fluff
these days, i've been listening to carl sagan's a pale blue dot: a vision of the human future in space while driving ... it's a new kick i have of listening to favorite books, helping me to deal with unbearably long drives through heavy traffic and ...
glad
i'm glad to see my image, balance, on flickr's explore in the #1 slot for december 21st.it's not the first time that's happened, but the reason i'm especially glad this time is because the image reminded me of a quote by carl sagan, which i included ...
balance
like it? click it!'it seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas … If you are only...
ann druyan on radiolab
i've posted this before but a friend urged me to link to this podcast on radiolab with an interview of annie druyan, carl sagan's partner in life and vision.it's a wonderful interview.copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non...
a biography of carl sagan
the world suffered a great loss on december 20th, 1996, when carl sagan died. i've expressed my admiration for sagan, repeatedly, on this blog... but right now i just feel very, very sad.this is in three parts:if you want to learn more about this gr...
wishful thinking
like it? click it!for me, it is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - carl sagani would love to believe that when i die i will live again, that some thinking, feeling, rem...
ted turner interviews carl sagan
in 5 partsanyone know when this was?copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non-commercial use only....
carl sagan on the importance of scientific research may 1993
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at home in the cosmos with annie druyan: a trailer
more information at podjockey!video description:'this amazing set of original podcasts features ann druyan's intimate accounts of her life with carl sagan, including their colorful histories growing up in brooklyn and queens. she takes you on a tour ...
symphony of science: our place in the cosmos
featuring carl sagan, richard dawkins, michio kaku and robert jastrow.lyrics:[narrator]with every centuryour eyes on the universe have been opened anewwe are witnessto the very brink of time and space[robert jastrow]we must ask ourselveswe who are so...
\'a glorious dawn\' in vinyl
john boswell's wonderful autotuned a glorious dawn featuring carl sagan and stephen hawking is being released in a limited edition 7" vinyl record by third man records.'third man records, in conjunction with united record pressing, fabricated a speci...
president obama quotes carl sagan
two points of view:at 08:24 :at 10:00 :thank you, sagan appreciation society.copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non-commercial use only....
we are here: a pale blue dot
i don't remember if i've posted this before. i probably have. but if you haven't seen it, you must:copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non-commercial use only....
remember carl.
he would have been 75 years old.a couple of days ago, james randi spoke about how, after we'd lost carl sagan, he'd pick up the phone to call him. and then realize he couldn't.i'm feeling that now, as i lost my mother three weeks ago. i want to pic...
a bunch of stars
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carl sagan day, live!
you can watch a live stream of the day's events at broward college, starting at 2pm eastern time (u.s.), which includes speakers phil plait, james randi and david morrison:Live Broadcast by Ustream.TVi learned about it on bad astronomy.if you want to...
happy saganseve
saganseve... it has a nice ring to it.have you noticed? carl sagan was a hero of mine.click pic to sourcenovember 9th, tomorrow -- saturday -- would have been sagan's 75th birthday, and it's now the first annual carl sagan day.i've posted this before...
carl-o-lantern #2
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symphony of science: we are all connected - with greek subtitles
είμαστε όλοι συνδεδεμένοι: η συμφωνία της επιστήμης, με ελληνικούς υποτίτλους.H/T to the sagan appreciation society. thank you.copyright © 2009 toomanytribbles. this feed is for pe...
the first annual carl sagan day: november 9th
i just received an email from the center for inquiry:'carl sagan was a professor of astronomy and space science and director of the laboratory for planetary studies at cornell university. he served as an advisor and consultant to NASA and played a m...
another pale blue dot: a repost
like it? click it!in memory of carl sagan. please read my two posts: a pale blue dot and 12 years: carl sagan's hopeful legacyEDIT: i originally posted this on december 20, 2008, in memory of the day we lost carl sagan... but darknlooking's pale ...
symphony of science: we are all connected
featuring carl sagan, bill nye, neil degrasse tyson and richard feynmannlyrics:[degrasse tyson]we are all connected;to each other, biologicallyto the earth, chemicallyto the rest of the universe atomically[feynman]i think nature's imaginationis so mu...
