Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sunday Youtube Post

Carl Sagan is my hero. In 1980, he made a miniseries called Cosmos (which you can watch here in its entirety), and in it he basically explains everything ever. Sound, black holes, the big bang, the origin of life, etc. You name it, it's in there. He is almost solely responsible for making science popular among non-sciency people like myself, because he explains everything in simple terms which the average person can understand. Without him, there would be no Neil deGrasse Tyson, no Bill Nye, no Brian Greene, no Michio Kaku. We owe a lot to him. He was extremely passionate about finding our place in the universe.





Click this and skip to about 4:00. Radiolab interviews Sagan's widow Ann Druyan, and the story of how they got married is one of the most heartwarming things you will ever hear.

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