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Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)
by melodysheep 8,450,808 views
MP3: http://www.symphonyofscience.com
My own musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series.
RIP Dr. Sagan, you will be missed!!
This song is now out on 7" vinyl through Jack White and friends at Third Man Records! Check it out here:
http://store.thirdmanrecords.com/carlsagan.aspx
And is now available on iTunes as well (Search for A Glorious Dawn)
Please, click HQ to watch in better quality.
Go here for another scientist remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk
And my website for more original music:
http://www.colorpulsemusic.com/
Enjoy!!
-John
boswelj3@gmail.com
Lyrics:
[Sagan]
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
You must first invent the universe
Space is filled with a network of wormholes
You might emerge somewhere else in space
Some when-else in time
The sky calls to us
If we do not destroy ourselves
We will one day venture to the stars
A still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
A morning filled with 400 billion suns
The rising of the milky way
The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths
Of exquisite interrelationships
Of the awesome machinery of nature
I believe our future depends powerfully
On how well we understand this cosmos
In which we float like a mote of dust
In the morning sky
But the brain does much more than just recollect
It inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes
it generates abstractions
The simplest thought like the concept of the number one
Has an elaborate logical underpinning
The brain has its own language
For testing the structure and consistency of the world
[Hawking]
For thousands of years
People have wondered about the universe
Did it stretch out forever
Or was there a limit
From the big bang to black holes
From dark matter to a possible big crunch
Our image of the universe today
Is full of strange sounding ideas
[Sagan}
How lucky we are to live in this time
The first moment in human history
When we are in fact visiting other worlds
The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean
Recently we've waded a little way out
And the water seems inviting
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Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)
by melodysheep 5,230,201 views
MP3 available at http://www.symphonyofscience.com.
"We Are All Connected" was made from sampling Carl Sagan's Cosmos, The History Channel's Universe series, Richard Feynman's 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson's cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye's Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking's Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and more. It is a tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music.
Check out "A Glorious Dawn" by Carl Sagan, another Symphony of Science project!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
And my website for more original music:
http://www.colorpulsemusic.com
Click HQ to watch in better quality.
Enjoy!
John
john@symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
[deGrasse Tyson]
We are all connected;
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe atomically
[Feynman]
I think nature's imagination
Is so much greater than man's
She's never going to let us relax
[Sagan]
We live in an in-between universe
Where things change all right
But according to patterns, rules,
Or as we call them, laws of nature
[Nye]
I'm this guy standing on a planet
Really I'm just a speck
Compared with a star, the planet is just another speck
To think about all of this
To think about the vast emptiness of space
There's billions and billions of stars
Billions and billions of specks
[Sagan]
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it
But the way those atoms are put together
The cosmos is also within us
We're made of star stuff
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself
Across the sea of space
The stars are other suns
We have traveled this way before
And there is much to be learned
I find it elevating and exhilarating
To discover that we live in a universe
Which permits the evolution of molecular machines
As intricate and subtle as we
[deGrasse Tyson]
I know that the molecules in my body are traceable
To phenomena in the cosmos
That makes me want to grab people in the street
And say, have you heard this??
(Richard Feynman on hand drums and chanting)
[Feynman]
There's this tremendous mess
Of waves all over in space
Which is the light bouncing around the room
And going from one thing to the other
And it's all really there
But you gotta stop and think about it
About the complexity to really get the pleasure
And it's all really there
The inconceivable nature of nature -
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Symphony of Science - 'Our Place in the Cosmos' (ft. Sagan, Dawkins, Kaku, Jastrow)
by melodysheep 1,915,298 views
MP3: http://symphonyofscience.com
"Our Place in the Cosmos", the third video from the Symphony of Science, was crafted using samples from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Richard Dawkins' Genius of Charles Darwin series, Dawkins' TED Talk, Stephen Hawking's Universe series, Michio Kaku's interview on Physics and aliens, plus added visuals from Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, History Channel's Universe series, and IMAX Cosmic Voyage. The themes present in this song are intended to explore our understanding of our origins within the universe, and to challenge the commonplace notion that humans have a superior or privleged position, both on our home planet and in the universe itself.
RIP Dr. Sagan and Dr. Jastrow!
For more science remixes, check out http://symphonyofscience.com
As always, view in HQ mode for better sound and visuals.
Enjoy!
John
john@symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
[Narrator]
With every century
Our eyes on the universe have been opened anew
We are witness
To the very brink of time and space
[Robert Jastrow]
We must ask ourselves
We who are so proud of our accomplishments
What is our place in the cosmic perspective of life?
[Carl Sagan]
The exploration of the cosmos
Is a voyage of self discovery
As long as there have been humans
We have searched for our place in the cosmos
[Richard Dawkins]
Are there things about the universe
That will be forever beyond our grasp?
Are there things about the universe that are
Ungraspable?
[Sagan]
One of the great revelations of space exploration
Is the image of the earth, finite and lonely
Bearing the entire human species
Through the oceans of space and time
[Dawkins]
Matter flows from place to place
And momentarily comes together to be you
Some people find that thought disturbing
I find the reality thrilling
[Sagan]
As the ancient mythmakers knew
We're children equally of the earth and the sky
In our tenure on this planet, we've accumulated
Dangerous evolutionary baggage
We've also acquired compassion for others,
Love for our children,
And a great soaring passionate intelligence
The clear tools for our continued survival
[Michio Kaku]
We could be in the middle
Of an inter-galactic conversation
And we wouldn't even know
[Sagan]
We've begun at last
To wonder about our origins
Star stuff contemplating the stars
Tracing that long path
Our obligation to survive and flourish
Is owed not just to ourselves
But also to that cosmos
Ancient and vast, from which we spring -
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Symphony of Science - 'The Unbroken Thread' (ft. Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan)
by melodysheep 1,419,862 views
MP3: http://symphonyofscience.com
"The Unbroken Thread" is the fourth video in the Symphony of Science series, and it features David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan. The clips used in this installment come from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, David Attenborough's Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall's TED Talk, and a clever Guiness Commercial. The themes present in The Unbroken Thread attempt to explore the wild diversity of life on our planet, the intricacy and origin of its mechanisms, and its close relation to all other life forms.
Check out http://symphonyofscience.com for more science music videos!
And my other website for more original electronic music: http://www.colorpulsemusic.com
Now available in HD for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
John
john@symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
[David Attenborough]
All life is related
And it enables us to construct with confidence
The complex tree that represents the history of life
Our planet, the Earth, is as far as we know
Unique in the universe; it contains life
Here plants and animals proliferate in such numbers
That we still have not even named all the different species
Darwin's great insight revolutionized the way in which we see the world
We now understand why there are so many different species
[Carl Sagan]
Every cell is a triumph of natural selection
And we're made of trillions of cells (Within us is a little universe)
Those are some of the things that molecules do
Given four billions years of evolution (We are, each of us, a multitude)
Now how did the molecules of life arise?
[Attenborough]
It began in the sea
Some 3 thousand million years ago
Complex chemical molecules began to clump together
These were the "seeds"
From which the tree of life developed
They were able to split, replicating themselves
As bacteria do
[Sagan]
The secrets of evolution
Are time and death
There's an unbroken thread that stretches
From those first cells to us
(refrain)
[Jane Goodall]
There isn't a sharp line dividing humans
from the rest of the animal kingdom
It's a very wuzzie line
It's a very wuzzie line,
and it's getting wuzzier
All the time
We find animals doing things that we,
In our arrogance,
Used to think was "just human"
(refrain)
[Attenborough]
Its continued survival now rests in our hands -
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Symphony of Science - The Poetry of Reality (An Anthem for Science)
by melodysheep 2,382,879 views
mp3: http://symphonyofscience.com
The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science enthusiasts, including Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Feynman, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Porco, and PZ Myers, promoting science through words of wisdom.
Special thanks are due to The Sagan Appreciation Society:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SaganAppreciationSoc
and Connie Barlow:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ghostsofevolution
for their huge help in finding source materials. Check out their Youtube pages! Thanks also to all of you who suggested footage that I have not mentioned, I really appreciate it.
Check out http://symphonyofscience.com for more science music videos!
And my other website for more original electronic music: http://www.colorpulsemusic.com
Now available in HD for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
John
john@symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
[Michael Shermer]
Science is the best tool ever devised
For understanding how the world works
[Jacob Bronowski]
Science is a very human form of knowledge
We are always at the brink of the known
[Carl Sagan]
Science is a collaborative enterprise
Spanning the generations
We remember those who prepared the way
Seeing for them also
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
If you're scientifically literate,
The world looks very different to you
And that understanding empowers you
Refrain:
[Richard Dawkins]
There's real poetry in the real world
Science is the poetry of reality
[Sagan]
We can do science
And with it, we can improve our lives
[Jill Tarter]
The story of humans is the story of ideas
That shine light into dark corners
[Lawrence Krauss]
Scientists love mysteries
They love not knowing
[Richard Feynman]
I don't feel frightened by not knowing things
I think it's much more interesting
[Brian Greene]
There's a larger universal reality
of which we are all a part
[Stephen Hawking]
The further we probe into the universe
The more remarkable are the discoveries we make
[Carolyn Porco]
The quest for the truth, in and of itself,
Is a story that's filled with insights
(Refrain)
[Greene]
From our lonely point in the cosmos
We have through the power of thought
Been able to peer back to a brief moment
After the beginning of the universe
[PZ Myers]
I think that science changes the way your mind works
To think a little more deeply about things
[Dawkins]
Science replaces private prejudice
With publicly verifiable evidence
(Refrain) -
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Symphony of Science - 'The Case for Mars' (ft. Zubrin, Sagan, Cox & Boston)
by melodysheep 1,059,253 views
mp3: http://symphonyofscience.com "The Case for Mars" is the sixth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston. Samples come from the documentary "The Mars Underground", Cosmos, and Wonders of the Solar System. The video is intended to pique curiosity about the planet Mars and to promote human exploration of it.
More science music videos can be found at http://symphonyofscience.com.
Enjoy!
~John
Lyrics:
[Robert Zubrin]
Mars is the next logical step
In our space program
It's the challenge that's been staring us in the face
For the past 30 years
It has water, it has carbon,
It has a 24 hour day
It has geothermal energy
Mars is a place we can settle
[Carl Sagan]
There is a giant rift in its surface
5,000 kilometers long
There is a volcano as wide as Arizona
[Zubrin]
So there's the choice in life
One either grows or one decays
Grow or die
I think we should grow
[Sagan]
Mars is a world of wonders
[Brian Cox]
It has canyons, river valleys,
and giant ice sheets
[Sagan]
Mars is a world of wonders
[Zubrin]
It shouldn't be humans to Mars in 50 years
It should be humans to Mars in 10
We either muster the courage to go
Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay
We've got cosmic radiation
Zero gravity
Martian dust storms
Back contamination
But these are dragons that we can take on
[Sagan]
In our time we have sifted
The sands of Mars
Established a presence there
And fulfilled a century of dreams
[Cox]
The Mars rovers have really
Captured our imaginations
They genuinely are explorers
In the old-fashioned sense
[Zubrin]
If you put out a call
For volunteers for the first crew to Mars
They'd be lined up coast to coast
(refrain)
[Cox]
Mars is a dry frozen version of our home
Covered in red dust and sand
[Penelope Boston]
At one time
In the ancient past
Mars was very similar
To the conditions of early earth
[Zubrin]
There will always be people with new ideas
On how humans should live together
[Cox]
We now have "eyes" and "ears" on the surface
[Zubrin]
What's left after you go is
The good you've left behind
You have to believe in hope
You have to believe in the future
There are more and more people coming around to the point of view that
A positive future for humanity requires human expansion to space
(refrain)
We're at a crossroads today
We either muster the courage to go
Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay -
7
Symphony of Science - A Wave of Reason
by melodysheep 1,082,516 views
"A Wave of Reason" is the seventh installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It is intended to promote scientific reasoning and skepticism in the face of growing amounts of pseudoscientific pursuits, such as Astrology and Homeopathy, and also to promote the scientific worldview as equally enlightening as religion. It features Carl Sagan, Bertrand Russell, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Lawrence Krauss, Carolyn Porco, Richard Dawkins, Richard Feynman, Phil Plait, and James Randi.
More science music videos can be found at http://symphonyofscience.com.
Enjoy!
~John
john @ symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
Russell:
When you are studying any matter
Or considering any philosophy
Ask yourself only: what are the facts,
And what is the truth that the facts bear out
Sagan:
Science is more than a body of knowledge
It's a way of thinking
A way of skeptically interrogating the universe
If we are not able to ask skeptical questions
To be skeptical of those in authority
Then we're up for grabs
Shermer:
In all of science we're looking for a balance
between data and theory
Harris:
You don't have to delude yourself
With Iron age fairy tales
Porco:
The same spiritual fulfillment
That people find in religion
Can be found in science
By coming to know, if you will, the mind of God
Krauss:
The real world, as it actually is,
Is not evil, it's remarkable
And the way to understand the physical world
is to use science
Dawkins:
There is a new wave of reason
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
South America, the Middle East and Africa
There is a new wave of reason
Where superstition had a firm hold
Plait:
Teach a man to reason
And he'll think for a lifetime
Sagan:
Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries
With questions that were once treated only
in religion and myth
The desire to be connected with the cosmos
Reflects a profound reality
But we are connected; not in the trivial ways
That Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways
Feynman:
I can't believe the special stories that have been made up
About our relationship to the universe at large
Look at what's out there; it isn't in proportion
Russell:
Never let yourself be diverted
By what you wish to believe
But look only and surely
At what are the facts
Randi:
Enjoy the fantasy, the fun, the stories
But make sure that there's a clear sharp line
Drawn on the floor
To do otherwise is to embrace madness -
8
Symphony of Science - 'The Big Beginning' (ft. Hawking, Sagan, Dawkins, Shears, Tyson)
by melodysheep 787,084 views
"The Big Beginning" is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It deals with the origins of our universe, covering the Big Bang theory, expansion and cooling of the universe, formation of galaxies, the interplay between matter and anti-matter, and cosmic radiation. The music video features Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Videos sampled for this installment include Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking; God, the Universe, and Everything Else; The Universe (History Channel); NOVA ScienceNOW; interviews with Richard Dawkins and Tara Shears, and Carl Sagan's Cosmos.
The principal design for the motion graphic at the end was designed by Joe Snodgrass. Check out his record label: http://twitter.com/luxusarctica . Thanks to him!
Check out http://symphonyofscience.com for more science music videos. You can find links to all the sources used in this video at the website under "additional info" for each one.
Enjoy!
~John
Lyrics:
[Hawking]
We observe that distant galaxies are moving away from us
They must have been closer together in the past
It was the beginning of the universe
And of time itself
Anything that happened before the big bang
Could not affect what happened after
[Dawkins]
The poetry of the expanding universe
The poetry of the complexity of life
We're not normally equipped to understand
And science gives it to us
Science is opening your eyes
To the wonderfulness of what's there
Science is opening your eyes
To the poetry of the expanding universe
[Sagan]
The early cosmos was everywhere white hot
But then as time passed
The radiation expanded and cooled
Then little pockets of gas began to grow
Steadily brightening, we call them the galaxies
[Shears]
In the big bang we had equal amounts of matter and anti-matter
And as soon as they met each other,
They annihilated together
And this battle played out
Whilst the universe expanded
In its first minute of existence
[DeGrasse Tyson]
It's not all that hard to detect the big bang
All you need to do is change the channel
Until you come between two stations
About one percent of the snow and noise
Comes from the big bang itself
We're all eavesdropping
On the birth pangs of the cosmos -
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Ode to the Brain! by Symphony of Science
by melodysheep 1,642,445 views
mp3: http://symphonyofscience.com "Ode to the Brain" is the ninth episode in the Symphony of Science music video series. Through the powerful words of scientists Carl Sagan, Robert Winston, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jill Bolte Taylor, Bill Nye, and Oliver Sacks, it covers different aspects the brain including its evolution, neuron networks, folding, and more. The material sampled for this video comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Jill Bolte Taylor's TED Talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran's TED Talk, Bill Nye's Brain episode, BBC's "The Human Body", Oliver Sachs' TED Talk, Discovery Channel's "Human Body: Pushing the Limits", and more.
Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the material used in this video.
You may enjoy more of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor ( http://mystrokeofinsight.com ) at TED.com ( http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html ) and in her book "My Stroke of Insight" ( http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-ebook/dp/ B0019IB0II/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2 )
To download and watch more videos visit http://symphonyofscience.com.
Enjoy!
~John
john@symphonyofscience.com
[Robert Winston]
It's amazing to consider that I'm holding in my hands
The place where someone once felt, thought, and loved
For centuries, scientists have been battling to understand
What this unappealing object is all about
[Vilayanur Ramachandran]
Here is this mass of jelly
You can hold in the palm of your hands
And it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space
[Carl Sagan]
The brain has evolved from the inside out
Its structure reflects all the stages through which it has passed
[Jill Bolte Taylor]
Information in the form of energy
Streams in simultaneously
Through all of our sensory systems
And then it explodes into this enormous collage
Of what this present moment looks like
What it feels like
And what it sounds like
And then it explodes into this enormous collage
And in this moment we are perfect
We are whole and we are beautiful
[Robert Winston]
It appears rather gruesome
Wrinkled like a walnut, and with the consistency of mushroom
[Carl Sagan]
What we know is encoded in cells called neurons
And there are something like a hundred trillion neural connections
This intricate and marvelous network of neurons has been called
An enchanted loom
The neurons store sounds too, and snatches of music
Whole orchestras play inside our heads
20 million volumes worth of information
Is inside the heads of every one of us
The brain is a very big place
In a very small space
No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain
We can change ourselves
Think of the possibilities
[Bill Nye]
Think of your brain as a newspaper
Think of all the information it can store
But it doesn't take up too much room
Because it's folded
[Oliver Sacks]
We see with the eyes
But we see with the brain as well
And seeing with the brain
Is often called imagination
[Various]
[Robert Winston]
It is the most mysterious part of the human body
And yet it dominates the way we live our adult lives
It is the brain -
10
Symphony of Science - "Children of Africa" (The Story of Us)
by melodysheep 797,816 views
http://symphonyofscience.com A musical celebration of humanity, its origins, and achievements, contrasted with a somber look at our environmentally destructive tendencies and deep similarities with other primates. Featuring Jacob Bronowski, Alice Roberts, Carolyn Porco, Jane Goodall, Robert Sapolsky, Neil deGrasse Tyson and David Attenborough.
"Children of Africa" is the tenth installment in the ongoing Symphony of Science music video series. Materials used in the creation of this video are from:
BBC Incredible Human Journey
BBC Ascent of Man
BBC Life of Mammals
BBC Human Planet
BBC Walking With Cavemen
Carolyn Porco: Hollywood
Quest for Fire
Hubblecast 29A
What Makes Us Human (Leakey Foundation)
What Separates Us from Chimps (Sapolsky)
Chimpanzee
Neil Tyson - Human Intelligence
Gemini Observatory Time-lapse
mp3: http://symphonyofscience.com
Rights to use Carl Sagan have been put on hold for the time being. Please be patient if you wish to see more Carl!
Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the materials used in this video.
To download and watch more videos visit http://symphonyofscience.com.
Enjoy!
~John
john@symphonyofscience.com
Lyrics:
[Jacob Bronowski]
Man is a singular creature;
He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals
So that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape
He is the shaper of the landscape
[Alice Roberts]
We are all children of Africa
They say this is where it all began
[Bronowski]
In a parched African landscape
Man first put his foot to the ground
[Roberts]
Africa was our only home
for tens of thousands of years
until a small handful of people made their way
out of Africa
[Carolyn Porco]
These beings with soaring imagination
Eventually flung themselves and their machines
Into interplanetary space
[Roberts]
We are all children of africa
This landscape has been home to humans
Two hundred thousand years
[Porco]
We have come so far
All of this is cause for great celebration
We have come so far
This is a story about us
[Roberts]
Those early Europeans
Were people like you and me
But it is humbling
When you see the challenges they faced
People like you and me
Overcame the Neanderthals
People like you and me
Made it through the ice age
[Refrain]
[Jane Goodall]
We are not the only beings
With personalities, minds, and feelings
Chimpanzees have very clear personalities
[Robert Sapolsky]
Take a chimp brain foetally
And let it go two or three more rounds of division
And out comes symphonies and ideology
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
Everything that we are
That distinguishes us from chimps
Emerges from that one percent
Difference in DNA
[Roberts]
People like you and me
Overcame the Neaderthals
People like you and me
Made it through the ice age
[Refrain]
[David Attenborough]
Using his burgeoning intelligence,
This most successful of all mammals
Has exploited the environment to produce food
For an ever increasing population.
Instead of controlling the environment
For the benefit of the population
Perhaps it's time we controlled the population
To allow the survival of the environment -
11
Symphony of Science - the Quantum World!
by melodysheep 4,234,151 views
mp3: http://bit.ly/oRYyiV A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. Featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Frank Close.
"The Quantum World" is the eleventh installment in the ongoing Symphony of Science music video series. Materials used in the creation of this video are from:
http://symphonyofscience.com for downloads & more videos!
Richard Feynman - Fun to Imagine
BBC Visions of the Future - the Quantum Revolution
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Brian Cox TED Talk
BBC What Time is it
BBC Wonders of the Universe
BBC Horizon - What Is Reality
Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the materials used in this video.
*Please note that dark matter and dark energy are considered to make up a majority of the universe, in addition to the 12 particles and 4 forces.
Lyrics:
[Morgan Freeman]
So, what are we really made of?
Dig deep inside the atom
and you'll find tiny particles
Held together by invisible forces
Everything is made up
Of tiny packets of energy
Born in cosmic furnaces
[Frank Close]
The atoms that we're made of have
Negatively charged electrons
Whirling around a big bulky nucleus
[Michio Kaku]
The Quantum Theory
Offers a very different explanation
Of our world
[Brian Cox]
The universe is made of
Twelve particles of matter
Four forces of nature
That's a wonderful and significant story
[Richard Feynman]
Suppose that little things
Behaved very differently
Than anything big
Nothing's really as it seems
It's so wonderfully different
Than anything big
The world is a dynamic mess
Of jiggling things
It's hard to believe
[Kaku]
The quantum theory
Is so strange and bizarre
Even Einstein couldn't get his head around it
[Cox]
In the quantum world
The world of particles
Nothing is certain
It's a world of probabilities
(refrain)
[Feynman]
It's very hard to imagine
All the crazy things
That things really are like
Electrons act like waves
No they don't exactly
They act like particles
No they don't exactly
[Stephen Hawking]
We need a theory of everything
Which is still just beyond our grasp
We need a theory of everything, perhaps
The ultimate triumph of science
(refrain)
[Feynman]
I gotta stop somewhere
I'll leave you something to imagine -
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Symphony of Science - Onward to the Edge!
by melodysheep 986,766 views
mp3:http://bit.ly/oRYyiV - A musical celebration of the importance and inspirational qualities of space exploration (human and robotic), as well as a look at some of the amazing worlds in our solar system. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco.
"Onward to the Edge" is the 12th installment in the Symphony of Science series. Materials used in this video are from :
My Favorite Universe #7 - Onward to the Edge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEYoTwFBqFs)
BBC Wonders of the Solar System
Carolyn Porco TED talk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxXa9pxwzoY)
NatGeo "Guide to the Planets"
Thanks for watching!
Lyrics:
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
The act of moving onward means we pass these sign posts
One of them was first leaving earth
The next one is hanging out on the moon
What's next? The planets
Onward to the edge
We're moving onward to the edge
Here we are together
This fragile little world
[Brian Cox]
This is our sun
Just another star in a sea of stars
The heart of the solar system
Just another star in a sea of stars
Mercury is the closest planet
This tortured piece of rock has been stripped naked
[Tyson]
The moon has a sky
It has a horizon
It's another world
It's got earth in the sky
Just the way we have the moon in the sky
(refrain)
We're not the only world to think about
Worlds unnumbered
We're not the only world to think about
Think about worlds unnumbered
[Carolyn Porco]
There is a powerful recognition
That stirs within us
When we see our own little blue ocean planet
In the skies of other worlds
The Saturn system
Offers splendor beyond compare
Because of its rings
And very diverse moons
[Tyson]
These are no longer abstractions
These are worlds
Maybe there's life there
They've changed how we think about Earth
[Cox]
"A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
The pale blue dot" (Carl Sagan)
(refrain)
The laws of nature create
Vastly different worlds
With the tiniest of changes
[Tyson]
When I reach to the edge of the universe
I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery
There are times when, at least for now,
One must be content to love the questions themselves -
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Symphony of Science - The Greatest Show on Earth! A music video about Evolution
by melodysheep 901,666 views
mp3: http://bit.ly/xqVD4J - A musical celebration of the wonders of biology, including evolution, natural selection, DNA, and more. Featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. "The Greatest Show on Earth" is the 13th video in the Symphony of Science music videos series. Materials used in this video are from:
Richard Dawkins' "There is grandeur in this view of life" speech
BBC Life
BBC Planet Earth
David Attenborough's First Life
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Bill Nye Evolution episode
Visit http://symphonyofscience.com for more videos!
If you enjoyed the video, consider checking out Dawkins' book of the same name, The Greatest Show On Earth, as well as the other mentioned source materials. Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the materials used in this video.
Lyrics:
[David Attenborough]
How could one species turn into another?
[Richard Dawkins]
How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance?
[Bill Nye]
The genes of you and me
They're all made of DNA
We're all made of the same chemicals
DNA - we're all made of DNA
[Attenborough]
Only the fittest survive
And that is the key
Natural Selection
That is the key
[Dawkins]
We are surrounded by endless forms
Most beautiful, most wonderful
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
There is grandeur in this view of life
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
[Attenborough]
The history of life can be thought of
As a many branched tree
The five kingdoms of life
were established early on
Bacteria
Protists- amoeba like creatures
Fungi
Plants
And animals
[Dawkins]
We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig
In the midst of a blossoming tree of life
[refrain]
We are surrounded by millions of other species
Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing,
Outpacing
[Attenborough]
Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal
To ensure the survival of the next generation
This one ultimate goal
To pass on their genes
That is what life is all about
[refrain]
[Dawkins]
As we look back on the history of life
We see a picture of never ending,
ever rejuvinating novelty
[Attenborough]
Those animals may seem to us to be very remote,
strange, even fantastic
But all of us alive today
Owe our very existence to them -
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The World of the Dinosaurs - Symphony of Science
by melodysheep 1,784,112 views
mp3: http://bit.ly/GDKFgS Now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/world-dinosaurs-feat.-alice/id
530032446 A musical celebration of dinosaurs! "The World of the Dinosaurs" is the 14th installment in the Symphony of Science series; it investigates their habits, extinction, and how we learn about them. Featuring Alice Roberts, Bill Nye, Nigel Marvin, Dallas Campbell and more. Materials used in the creation of this video are from:
Dinosaurs Alive
BBC "How to Build a Dinosaur"
BBC "Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs"
Bill Nye - Dinosaurs
Prehistoric Park
Discovery Channel "Last Day of the Dinosaurs"
Jurassic Park
Jack Horner's 2011 TED Talk
Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the materials used in this video.
*Please note: not every animal depicted in the video is a dinosaur; some are contemporary animals that look like dinosaurs (the flying/swimming ones).
Lyrics:
[Dr. Alice Roberts]
How can we start to come close to animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago?
Dinosaurs
[Jack Horner]
Dinosaurs
[Bill Nye]
Dinosaurs
Di-Di-Dinosaurs
[Dallas Campbell]
Dinosaurs weren't just giant lizards
But a truly unique kind of reptile
[Narrator 1]
Dinosaurs roamed
For more than 150 million years
Dinosaurs roamed
In amazing shapes and sizes
Very few left evidence of their existence
And those bones never cease to fascinate us
[Roberts]
The more we find
The more complete our understanding
Utterly awe-inspiring
The world of the dinosaurs
[Campbell]
There are always new discoveries out there
Waiting to be found
[Narrator 2]
Tyrannosaurus, the largest flesh eater
The world has ever seen
Dinosaurs - all the dinosaurs-
Followed a well trod trail to oblivion
[Narrator 1]
Rock layers span the age of dinosaurs
The deeper the layer, the older the rock
At the top - rock from the Cretaceous
Below that, the Jurassic
And near the bottom, red Triassic badlands
When dinosaurs first appeared
(refrain)
(dino breakdown)
[Nye]
65 million years ago
[Nigel Marvin]
A meteorite smashed into the Earth
[Nye]
Hurtling toward our planet
At a hundred thousand kilometers a second
**correction: per hour, not second!
[Roberts]
If we'd never found their bones,
We wouldn't ever have known
These ancient animals ever existed
(refrain) -
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"We Are Star Dust" - Symphony of Science
by melodysheep 694,592 views
mp3:http://bit.ly/IIUVRB
We are star dust, reaching out to the universe. The 15th Symphony of Science video featuring Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman and Lawrence Krauss. Materials used are from:
Cosmic Quandaries with Neil DeGrasse Tyson
10 Questions for Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Beyond Belief 2006 with Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The Most Astounding Fact
A Universe from Nothing - Lawrence Krauss
Feynman "Fun to Imagine" Interviews
Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Finding Life Beyond Earth (NOVA)
Wonders of the Universe (BBC)
Sunshine
Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
We are part of this universe
We are in this universe
The universe is in us
Yes, the universe is in us
[Lawrence Krauss]
Every atom in your body
Came from a star that exploded
You are all star dust
From a star that exploded
[Tyson]
Look up at the night sky
We are part of that
The universe itself
Exists within us
We are star dust
In the highest exalted way
Called by the universe
Reaching out to the universe
We are star dust
In the highest exalted way
Reaching out to the universe
With these methods and tools of science
[Richard Feynman]
Stand in the middle and enjoy everything both ways
The tininess of us;
The enormity of the universe
[Tyson]
The atoms that make up the human body
Are traceable to the crucibles
That cooked light elements
Into heavy elements
These stars went unstable in their later years
And then exploded
Scattering their enriched guts
Across the galaxy
[Refrain]
[Tyson]
We are part of this universe
We are in this universe
The universe is in us
Yes, the universe is in us -
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Symphony of Science - Our Biggest Challenge (Climate Change Music Video)
by melodysheep 314,950 views
A musical investigation into the causes and effects of global climate change and our opportunities to use science to offset it. Featuring Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Alley and Isaac Asimov. "Our Biggest Challenge" is the 16th episode of the Symphony of Science series by melodysheep.
Visit http://symphonyofscience.com for more science remixes!
Materials used in the creation of this video come from:
- Are We Changing Planet Earth?
- Bill Nye - Climate
- Eyes of Nye - Climate Change
- Earth: The Operator's Manual
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Hot Planet
- How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth
- Human Planet
Thanks for watching! -
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Symphony of Science - Secret of the Stars
by melodysheep 285,552 views
mp3: http://melodysheep.bandcamp.com // A musical celebration of E=MC squared and Einstein's theory of relativity. Featuring Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene and Lisa Randall.
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Sources:
Through the Wormhole
Einstein's Big Idea (NOVA)
The Elegant Universe (NOVA)
Wonders of the Solar System (BBC)
Einstein's Equation of Life and Death (BBC)
What Time Is It (BBC)
Einstein (History)
The Universe in a Nutshell
Relativity and the Twin Paradox
What Lies Beyond Our Own Space-Time Continuum
The Universe - Brian Cox lecture
Lyrics:
Say, do you like mystery stories?
Well we have one for you.
The concept: relativity. That strange fantastic relationship between time, distance, and mass.
Before we're finished, I think you'll agree that truth is stranger than the strangest fiction.
Why do the stars shine?
Why does the galaxy light up?
E equals MC squared
That is the engine that lights up the stars
Energy turns into mass
E equals MC squared -
That is the secret of the stars
Now listen carefully:
The faster you move
THe heavier you get
The energy of motion turns into M, your mass
Energy of motion
Energy equals Mass times the speed of light squared
An awful lot of energy
For a tiny amount of mass
Light travels at the same speed
No matter how you look at it
No matter how I move, relative to you,
Light travels at the same speed
No matter who is doing the measurement
And no matter what direction you are moving
The speed of light is the same
No matter what direction, or how fast
As you travel faster
Time slows down
Everything slows down
Time slows down when you move
Time passes at a different rate
Clocks run slow
It's a monumental shift in how we see the world
The beauty, the majesty,
The power of the universe
Into a single equation
(refrain)
It's a beautiful piece of science
It's a beautifuly elegant theory
It's a beautiful piece of science
A planet like the Earth is kept in orbit
Because it follows curves
In the spatial fabric caused
By the sun's presence
Space and time are bent by stars and planets
As things move through this curved space, they bend
Now all of this is illustration of the fact
that time and space are linked together.
As you're moving through bent and curved space and time,
You feel like you feel a force (x2)
That force is gravity
(refrain)
That is the secret of the stars
