Carl Sagan - Books

"Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insights and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all of our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. Public libraries depend on voluntary contributions. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries."

- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)

Carl Sagan's Cosmos will be airing in its entirety beginning January 8th on the Discovery Science Channel in the US, check your local listings.

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[johnottr]

Hey cristoretornebiblia. So your favorite book is the Holy Word of God. So youre into fantasy I take it!

[SardonicusRexx]

Great post, and thanks for posting the info about Carl returning to the Science Channel. Sadly, not many people have the Discovery Science Channel. We need to thank Discovery but ask them to run Cosmos on the more-basic Discovery channel instead of their Science channel. More people can see it that way.

[msfrydae]

@GrenadeCatcher Gotta agree with you on that one:(, oh well at least the optometrists will still be in business.

[GrenadeCatcher]

Sadly i think books will be gone in the future. Its much easier to store information in small formats on sd, cd or other formats we'll use in the future. The kindle is the first step to phasing out books.

[chinareds54]

One fireman from Fahrenheit 451 watched this video.

[misinglink15]

@freedomland11 just google "Cosmos sequel" and you'll get all the information you need, production is currently slated for a 2013 release on Fox in prime time. Its being produced by Ann Druyan (Sagan's Widow) and Seth Mcfarlene (Family Guy Creater and huge fan of Sagan.) And the host? Neil Degrasse Tyson!

[DeathsWill228]

His captivating voice will resonate through everyone that remembers him forever.

[TheRogueJackass]

One dislike???  Really?? Well I hope you're proud of yourself.

[sad0happy]

What is the song starting at 7.05? If I'm not mistaken it was also used in the movie Mr. Nobody. I've tried searching for it but can't find it. :(

[laesphanie]

one illiterate