"Explosive, Daring Cosmos Just Launched a New Crusade..." Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Mar 2014 11:17 a.m. PST |
for Science. "On Sunday night, viewers saw the first episode of a followup series, Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, hosted by astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson. It had been nearly 35 years since Carl Sagan inspired a generation of scientists with 1980 as 13-part series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Immediately, one thing became clear: This is not your parents¡¯ Cosmos. The ideas and driving principles behind it are the same, but along with its new host, Cosmos has new urgency, and a new edge. Sagan's Cosmos was awash with dream-like wonder, as personal as its title implied, colored by Sagan's agnosticism. Tyson's is different: informed by a generation of additional understanding and discovery and special effects too, it's faster, brighter, and more explosive ¡ª and more daring in its evangelism for science. Sagan's approach to science education was personal, almost intimately so. In contrast, Tyson has mastered the art of communicating his passion for ideas without exposing much about the man behind them. Tyson has gone to great lengths to avoid identifying with any specific ideological groups he's famous for saying that the only 1st he identifies as is scientist and he's long argued that science itself is fundamentally apolitical
" Full article here. link Do you see it? It was great! Amicalement Armand |
artslave | 11 Mar 2014 12:43 p.m. PST |
I loved it, and can't wait for more! |
victor0leto | 11 Mar 2014 1:11 p.m. PST |
I just wanna know who is taking those pictures of our galaxy so he can show us where we are, that freaks me out! |
M C MonkeyDew | 11 Mar 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
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jpattern2 | 11 Mar 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
My household loved it, too. (And the original.) |
M C MonkeyDew | 11 Mar 2014 2:00 p.m. PST |
We enjoyed it. I did take umbrage at the "for better or worse" having been tagged on to the European discovery of America. It was the only historical event that was so singled out. As this show and its predecessor were an indirect result of that event, the comment seems disingenuous at best. Bob |
James Wright | 11 Mar 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
I liked it a lot, loved the original. Sagan was, in my opinion, one of the great thinkers and scientists of the 20th century, maybe of all time. I feel similarly about Tyson, but I have to admit the cartoons turned me off a little. They sort of took me out of the whole show, like I was being tossed into something completely different. Aside from the animated sequences, I thought it was great, but still not up to par with the original. |
Buck215 | 11 Mar 2014 7:00 p.m. PST |
Looking forward to more episodes. An excellent show! |
doug redshirt | 11 Mar 2014 9:31 p.m. PST |
He has been on a number of science shows that have covered Alien contact with earth. His 'for better or worse ' comment is what he also believes would happen to our cultures if exposed to advance technology. It never goes very well for the less tech advanced culture. |
War Monkey | 11 Mar 2014 10:44 p.m. PST |
Watched it! It was really great can't wait till the next one. |
Tango01 | 12 Mar 2014 10:58 a.m. PST |
Me too! (smile). Amicalement Armand |
Lfseeney | 20 Mar 2014 11:57 p.m. PST |
He and the show have already been attacked by gropes claiming science is a myth, and their god is the only thing that is real. I fear for the USA as more and more folks believe that if they do not understand it then it is not real. The 2nd one with the tree of life, will really rile them up. |
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