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DailyTech, November 13, 2009
...Ithaca, N.Y., headed by Ann Druyan, a film producer and widow of the late astronomer and author Carl Sagan, will launch LightSail-1, a solar sail design. Louis Friedman, Ph.D, director of the Planetary Society, brags, "Sailing on light is the only...
KSU Sentinel, November 10, 2009
...a vigorous popularizer of science, the likes of which have thankfully become more frequent since the advent of Carl Sagan and his Promethean mission to bring science out of the ivory tower. He does not deserve to have his ideas treated the way...
Telegraph, November 6, 2009
...The first Carl Sagan Day was celebrated yesterday at Broward College, Florida, in honour of the great astronomer, novelist and sceptic. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who died in 1996, would have turned 75...
Telegraph, November 6, 2009
...could take over from Whitsun.' Phil Plait, the author of the Bad Astronomy blog and another speaker at Carl Sagan Day, said: Sagan inspired a generation of astronomers, and in reality a whole generation of people, to look at the sky and appreciate the -...
AlterNet.org, October 29, 2009
...There are some basic rules that matter, starting with popularity -- a concept that is anathema to scientists. Carl Sagan, the last great mass communicator of science in America, knew this. He appreciated the need to sit on Johnny Carson's couch and make...
Time Out Hong Kong, October 28, 2009
...no doubting Dawkins' intellectual chops or knowledge of the subject, his aggressive approach lacks the charm of, say, Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould – or, for that matter, Charles Darwin – who were masters at infusing their (logically flawless)...
Washington Post, October 22, 2009
...W.H. Auden (who particularly cherished "The Ambidextrous Universe," a study of symmetry and asymmetry), Noam Chomsky, Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Douglas Hofstadter and the entire French literary group called the Oulipo (the Workshop for Potential...
WA Today.com.au, October 11, 2009
...It's not fair. They can't even breathe. The other day I bought a DVD box-set of Carl Sagan's astronomy epic Cosmos: by all accounts, one of the best documentary series ever made. On my way home, I made the mistake of carefully reading the back of...
Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2009
...is almost too wonderful to bear." This is the upside of popular science writing. It's why Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Hawking left their labs to write. They trade in awe, the desire to restore to science the sense of sublime wonder that...
Seattle Times, September 27, 2009
...Prominent astronomer, educator and filmmaker Carl Sagan wrote many books, among them one novel. But that novel, 'Contact,' has had several lives since coming out in 1985 not 'billions and billions,' to borrow that famed Sagan...
Californian, September 25, 2009
...entertaining communicator of scientific concepts. In his first book, 'The Elegant Universe,' he did for string theory what Carl Sagan did for astronomy: explain it in terms that anyone can understand. Greene recounts how the theories of general...
Time Out Sydney, September 16, 2009
...no doubting Dawkins' intellectual chops or knowledge of the subject, his aggressive approach lacks the charm of, say, Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould ? or, for that matter, Charles Darwin ? who were masters at infusing their (logically flawless)...
Earthtimes.org, September 9, 2009
...CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Sept. 9 NY-KidsCanPress-Book CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Sept. 9 -- ET meets Carl Sagan in Out of this World, a new book from Kids Can Press that asks whether there is life somewhere out there in the universe. Author Jacob Berkowitz takes the...
Laurinburg Exchange, August 26, 2009
...work. Nye studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University's School of Engineering, where one of his professors was Carl Sagan. From 2001 ? 06, Nye served as Frank H.T. Rhodes-Class of '56 Distinguished Professor at his alma mater. Nye began his...
Monsters and Critics, August 16, 2009
...and Global Climate Change Triggered by Global Warming. Additionally, there is a fascinating question and answer piece by Carl Sagan that touches on current scientific theories, religion and the need to maintain a level of skeptical inquiry. With the...
Wicked Local Truro, August 15, 2009
...miniseries. Among the personal or professional relationships he writes about during his research are those with the astronomers Carl Sagan and J. Allen Hynek, the philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller, and the Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. The book also...
National Post, August 8, 2009
...becomes just plain supernaturalism, science notwithstanding. A striking example is the 1985 novel Contact by the late astronomer Carl Sagan. There was no more dedicated anti-supernaturalist than Carl Sagan. The fervour with which he speculated about...
World Changing, August 6, 2009
...here ? Why scientists aren?t more persuasive, Part 1. Scientists who are also great public communicators, like Carl Sagan or Richard Feynman, have grown scarcer as science has become increasingly specialized. Moreover, the media likes the glib and...
Washington Post, July 18, 2009
...universes be far behind? All scientists would have to do is follow Hollywood's lead there as well. Carl Sagan collaborated with Caltech physicist Kip Thorne to devise a plausible wormhole scenario for Ellie Arroway to travel to a distant star in the book...
Discover Magazine, July 13, 2009
...deficiencies of the whole book. Yet Myers never lets his readers in on whats actually being argued. 4. Carl Sagan. When it comes to the greatest science communicator of modern times, we get no disagreement from Myers about, er, his greatness. But then...
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2, 2009
...other companies, especially other than the Big Two. 'Shrapnel' was co-created by Nick Sagan, son of famed astronomer Carl Sagan, who has made his mark as a novelist and screenwriter on an array of projects for Hollywood since 1992. He has crafted...
Southampton Press, July 1, 2009
...when she attended lecture given by one of the country?s most popular and esteemed astronomers, the late Carl Sagan. It was 1974, before Dr. Sagan was famous, and he was talking about the likelihood of discovering planets around other stars, which later...
EMedia Wire, June 22, 2009
...U.S. and overseas began calling her. She signed with a long-standing agent who represented Norman Mailer and Carl Sagan. When Message Stick later won the national Hackney Literary Award, the same pattern repeated itself. Entries to the first Laine...
Topeka Capital-Journal, June 14, 2009
...devoured the monthly offerings of the BOMC, which introduced me to writers like Norman Cousins, Lewis Thomas and Carl Sagan. I still recall reading the first volume of Robert Caro's magisterial Lyndon Johnson biography, which demonstrated to me that with...
Asiaone, June 9, 2009
...s Sophie's Choice sat mournfully next to John Updike, Robert Ludlum needed a dusting, empty space signalled Carl Sagan had gone. Norman Mailer growled, Somerset Maugham pleaded: Pick me up. They all called to me - fiction, thrillers, history, not to...
Business Day, June 2, 2009
...does not diminish the benefit of good public comment, says Crewe, citing the example of popular American astronomer Carl Sagan, who, despite conducting research and doing an enormous amount of work to popularise science and astronomy, was never elected...
North County Times, May 31, 2009
...She writes in clear, concise prose that never talks down to the reader. Rather, like the late astronomer Carl Sagan, she treats her readers as intelligent, educated people who happen not to be experts in a very specialized field of study ---- as if they...
Examiner.com, May 15, 2009
...also loves books, particularly science books. Classics from Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' to Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos,' and newer books like Barbara Oakley's 'Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My...
National Post, May 9, 2009
...Suzuki. It has been done with reflective essays, as in Stephen Jay Gould, or political activism, such as Carl Sagan. Quirky personal charisma also plays a major role, as in Albert Einstein or Richard Feynman. But now the age of the 'breezy' science book...
Core77, May 8, 2009
...of human society from the thirties, and both provide interesting reading, if not obvious synthesis. While reading about Carl Sagan's efforts to help NASA make the ultimate universal communication (to aliens) via the Pioneer Plaque and the Voyager Golden...
Sanibel-captiva-islander.com, April 18, 2009
...the former chair of SETI the task group searching for life beyond the earth, which was featured in Carl Sagan's science fiction drama, Contact. Davies latest book is The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life? Dr. Paul Davies' lecture...
San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2009
...newspaper. In his time, he interviewed figures such as Victor Borge, Phyllis Diller, Leonard Nimoy, Buddy Hackett and Carl Sagan. He also wrote two books - one a biography of Benjamin Swig and the other a book on journalistic practices. Mr. Blum was born...
Adrian Daily Telegram, April 7, 2009
...am kicking myself for not paying closer attention in science classes. A sci-fi fan, I discovered while watching Carl Sagan?s series and later reading the book ?Cosmos? that I have a genuine interest in science and exploration ? it was just that...
Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2009
...are selling for less than $1 turns up books by a broad array of authors: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carl Sagan, Edwidge Danticat, Jack London, Mary Higgins Clark, Flannery O'Connor, Michael Eisner, Elizabeth Gilbert and Chuck Palahniuk. Something there...
Science Fiction Crowsnest, March 23, 2009
...dozens of books, both fact and fiction, including many by Patrick Moore, some by Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan, Werner von Braun, Isaac Asimov and even Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and Brian May, among many others! Dave has also authored a novel,...
BCLocalNews.com, March 14, 2009
...more Bhobbs end up in therapy than Bobs. ONE TRILLION: When did you first hear that word? When Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer used to say ?billions and billions? that seemed to be pretty much the highest you could go. Then came a gazillion, but...
The Daily Camera, March 10, 2009
...a proposal but we all know how quickly a proposal can turn into a fait accompli. To quote Carl Sagan: '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...
Discover Magazine, February 28, 2009
...Plait in Astronomy, JREF, Science | 25 comments | RSS feed | Trackback > Good commentary by Randi. Carl Sagan is one of my biggest heroes and/or role models. I used to watch Cosmos regularly when I was a little boy. My grandmother used to call me an old...
Seattle Times, February 27, 2009
...the Darwinist it is a necessary assumption. Mix does not make the unnecessary assumption, made by the late Carl Sagan, that at least x percentage of the 'billions and billions' of stars must have life, and therefore the universe is probably throbbing...
Concord Monitor, February 23, 2009
...It cost me $1. For another dollar I bought a mint copy of Contact, a novel by astronomer Carl Sagan. When I got home I checked the copyright page to see if it was a first edition. It was, and there on the title page was the signature of...
Blogcritics.org, February 13, 2009
...Grinspoons interactions with others in the assorted fields he mines, most notably the late astronomer and science popularizer, Carl Sagan, as well as his being influenced by the science fiction of writers as diverse as Isaac Asimov, Olaf Stapledon, and...
America Magazine, February 12, 2009
...in the issue of February 23. A selection of Father O'Malley's articles for America appears below. Carl Sagan's Gospel of Scientism, February 7, 1981 Understanding Reconciliation, March 7, 1992 Understanding Sex Before Sin, September 23, 2002 The Eye and...
Catholic Review, January 31, 2009
...and had a conventional Christian faith, until his scientific work and personal losses led him toward agnosticism. ? Carl Sagan, the modern-day astronomer whose writings and popular television series ?Cosmos? continue to uplift readers and viewers,...
NewKerala.com, January 11, 2009
...science television series, 'Quantum Ray', which are capsules on cosmology.'My capsule is different from the legendary cosmologist Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos'. His episodes were more like documentaries. I create storylines to keep the viewers engaged. They may...
Lower Hudson Online, January 3, 2009
...organism 'which has the capacity to keep our planet a fit place for life'; and the vision of Carl Sagan, who petitioned NASA to have Voyager carry a package of images and transmit photos of the Earth from the outer reaches of the solar system to give us a...
Suburban Journals, December 30, 2008
...by authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Michael Crichton, Ursula Le Guin, H. P. Lovecraft, George Orwell, Carl Sagan and Jules Verne - plus Gene Roddenberry, who created the 'Star Trek' TV series, she said. Students will be able to address...
Yahoo! Canada, December 17, 2008
...com Report 2008 #2 Fiction and Literature title) 4) 'Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record' (1978) by Carl Sagan; the first great era of space exploration (BookFinder.com Report 2008 #1 Popular Science and Technology title) 5) 'Carpentry for...
The Record, December 8, 2008
...physics of wormholes -- a shortcut through space and time, another supposedly impossible thing -- was spurred by Carl Sagan's book Contact, about a woman who travels 26 light years in mere seconds to meet extraterrestrials who have been sending messages...
Between the Covers, October 20, 2009
...as a series of multiple choice questions and thought experiments with two of my favorite being: 'Why is Carl Sagan so lonely?' and 'Why was there no such word [as boredom] before the 18th century?' " -- CERIDWEN DOVEY, author of Blood Kin...
The Book Bench, October 16, 2009
...s collected papers are the hot item in Frankfurt. Chinua Achebe thinks that "Heart of Darkness" is inappropriate . Carl Sagan becomes a meme . Google's new e-book service, Google Editions , set to challenge Kindle. Take that Darcy! British readers...
The Skeptic Detective, October 10, 2009
...Ok, so maybe this is old news to you, but I just found out that Carl Sagan smoked marijuana . Not only did he smoke the weed, he actually smoked enough of it to have developed quite a complicated philosophy about his experiences while high. He didn...
TV Squad, September 29, 2009
...curio. The latest is from the PBS TV show Cosmos , something I really enjoyed years ago, and features Carl Sagan (with a cameo by another famous scientist and author). This is really well done, sort of techno meets progressive rock. I love how it's not...
RSSmeme, September 14, 2009
...In his classic on the place of planet earth in the universe, Pale Blue Dot , Carl Sagan asked how is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and said "This is better than we thought. The Universe is much bigger than our prophets...
RSSmeme, September 14, 2009
...In his classic on the place of planet earth in the universe, Pale Blue Dot , Carl Sagan asked how is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and said "This is better than we thought. The Universe is much bigger than our...
The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel, September 13, 2009
...In his classic on the place of planet earth in the universe, Pale Blue Dot , Carl Sagan asked how is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and said "This is better than we thought. The Universe is much bigger than our prophets...
CiteULike: Everyone's library, August 26, 2009
...Maitland Edey, Stephen Gould, John Bonner, Oliver Sacks, Lewis Thomas, James Watson, Lewis Wolpert, Julian Huxley, Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Erwin Schrodinger, Daniel Dennett, Ernst Mayr, Garrett Hardin, WD Hamilton, Per Bak, Martin...
News You Can Bruise, August 22, 2009
...R. Thompson's "The Plot to Save Hitler" and Duncan Lunan's "With Time Comes Concord", which name-checks Carl Sagan.There's also Bud Sparhawk's Jake's Gift, which is not the kind of story you imagine appearing in Analog, while simultaneously fulfilling...
Law And More, August 3, 2009
...could and would happen if the subject finds its popularizer the way science, with its astronomy niche, found Carl Sagan. Who would have assumed that science could be rendered accessible and compelling? So can the constitution. Incidentally, I was...
The Needle in a Haystack, August 1, 2009
...gives you a few new brain wrinkles ...this is your book..... I leave you with a quote by Carl Sagan from the book that has stuck with me.... "we are all locked together in a room filled with gasoline vapors, insisting that because they have 200...
001101100011010100110001's MySpace Blog, June 16, 2009
...it were real, it would fit right in. The story was inspired by reading a book by Carl Sagan, and was about a scientist who used a group of orphans in a strange experiment. The scientist started by "conditioning" the children, interacting with them in...
Geoff Arnold, June 5, 2009
...Tey) “Windscale 1957″ (Lorna Arnold - my mother; also her books on the UK bomb) “The Demon-Haunted World” (Carl Sagan) “Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation” (ed. Roger Housden) “Level 7″ (Mordecai Roshwald) ...
Wikipedia - New pages [en], May 18, 2009
...Forgotten Ancestors (book) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Author Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Country USA Language English Publisher Ballantine Books...
Featured New Books, May 11, 2009
...Carl Sagan: A Biography QB 36 .S15 S63 2009 “This concise, lively biography examines Carl Sagan’s steady growth as a man, as a scientist, and as a communicator — a...
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed, May 1, 2009
...the importance of science outreach, Hayes and Grossman praise the pop-sci luminaries who followed in the footsteps of Carl Sagan:With his intriguing investigations into the activities of everyday life, Fisher joins a distinguished fraternity of public...
Char Supports the Green Party's MySpace Blog, May 1, 2009
...Lama Fortunate Son – Hatfield Best Democracy Money Can Buy – Greg Palast The Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein No Debate – George Farah The 12 Caesars – Seutonis The Image – Daniel Boorstin Moyers on America/A...
Teknosis, April 28, 2009
...say about 9/11...) Second hour: Dorion Sagan, who is not just the son of two scientific superstars (Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis) but a significant thinker and prose stylist who combines scientific knowledge, creative speculation, and philosophical...
io9, April 14, 2009
...pulpy tale of epic adventure and romance that influenced the likes of Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Carl Sagan. Disney gained the rights to the John Carter books in 2007, after Paramount gave up on the project. Previous adaptation attempts had...
Jacket Copy, April 6, 2009
...are selling for less than $1 turns up books by a broad array of authors: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carl Sagan, Edwidge Danticat, Jack London, Mary Higgins Clark, Flannery O'Connor, Michael Eisner, Elizabeth Gilbert and Chuck Palahniuk. Something there...
Nemo's MySpace Blog, March 30, 2009
...it or not): Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great . I also checked out Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan. And I found a few books that were of sufficient age that I had to take them off the shelf and... smell them. :) The best news? ...
The Long Sunset, March 24, 2009
...had. Of course, they also don’t have the means. So about this economy: Just don’t care. Carl Sagan used to lecture on many things, but the one I’ve always found most interesting is this. Humans, overall, have always considered the fact that we’ve...
South of the Border - a South Melbourne FC - Hella, March 17, 2009
...I understood all or even most of it, but I got something out of it I think, and Carl Sagan's question in the introduction to that book about why we can remember the past but not the future struck a quixotic physical and philosophical chord. Our ability to...
Blogcritics, March 16, 2009
...in the Universe (Third Edition) Tobias Owen Book, Life in the Universe (2nd Edition) Bruce Jakosky Book, Contact Carl Sagan Book, Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel Kurt Vonnegut Book, Cat's Cradle: A Novel Kurt Vonnegut Book, Book Review: Life in the...
A Peek At My Bookshelf, March 15, 2009
...is no basis for determining right and wrong — moral relativism will pervade the culture. The late Dr. Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote an article that appeared in Parade Magazine, April 22, 1990, using the fraudulent idea of emybronic...
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow, March 15, 2009
...of meaning and rejoice in our own scarcity among the impersonal cosmos. Contemporary inheritors of the mantle of Carl Sagan praise the billions and billions of particles; the mechanism and the chance fill our human hearts with romance and our minds with...
Me, My Muse and I, March 12, 2009
...is no basis for determining right and wrong — moral relativism will pervade the culture. The late Dr. Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote an article that appeared in Parade Magazine, April 22, 1990, using the fraudulent idea of emybronic...
Life of Andrew, March 4, 2009
...by Jules Verne (1870) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961) Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (1963) Contact by Carl Sagan (1985) A little too long, but thoughtful and profound. Impossible to read without hearing the author’s voice narrating in your mind....
Slice of SciFi, March 3, 2009
...not finished. And though it never hit a bestseller list, it has outsold many bestselling books: It outsold Carl Sagan’s Contact . Q: In the book, Sagan ends up in Hell for being an atheist. A: Carl was sort of a friend of ours. We had arguments with him...
eddie, March 2, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
Warrens Blog, March 2, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
mike, March 1, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
elijah, February 28, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
harley7053672, February 25, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
jaylin, February 23, 2009
...no access to a personal Television while I’m waiting in the train station. I like watching Cosmos: Carl Sagan (7 DVD Set),Family Guy,and Highlander The Series. But I all the time missed them until I aquired a way to watch Tv live online. Press Here To...
bootstrap analysis, February 21, 2009
...a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner Something really good on the scientific method. Any...
austyn2996736, February 21, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
R-Views, February 17, 2009
...The Transporter Tuesday, 17 February 2009 The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan Lowdown: The case for the scientific method. Review: One doesn't need to look far in order to see the fallacies in the ways this world...
isabell, February 16, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed, February 16, 2009
...in some way, expanded my mind: The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. Reading anything by Carl Sagan is likely to do your brain a power of good, but the unifying theme of this particular book - the importance, indeed the...
Highly Allochthonous, February 16, 2009
...in some way, expanded my mind: The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. Reading anything by Carl Sagan is likely to do your brain a power of good, but the unifying theme of this particular book - the importance, indeed the...
Rocios Blog, February 15, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
Blogcritics, February 13, 2009
...s interactions with others in the assorted fields he mines, most notably the late astronomer and science popularizer, Carl Sagan, as well as his being influenced by the science fiction of writers as diverse as Isaac Asimov, Olaf Stapledon, and Arthur C....
rene, February 12, 2009
...the “casual glance” stuff long ago. Though not really the same subject matter, I would suggest Cosmos by Carl Sagan over this DVD if you’re interested in the Einsteinian theories of Relativity and time travel. Something about Sagan is just more...
Overcoming Bias, February 10, 2009
...level without distorting technical reality are performing a huge service to that field. I've heard that Carl Sagan was held in some disrepute by his peers for the crime of speaking to the general public. If true, this is merely stupid. Explaining...
digg.com: Stories / Popular, February 8, 2009
...but still.. The only audiobooks I was able to enjoy were The God Delusion and Pale Blue Dot (Carl Sagan has an 'interesting' voice.. lol) Enlightenment, 10 hr 21 min ago , -0/+1 I'm not interested in reading dime novels, but instead technical books and...
Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog, February 3, 2009
...of Fame announced its sophomore class list, adding thirteen to the roster of famous Jerseyans (Jerseyites?) Inductees include Carl Sagan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Althea Gibson, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Robeson and Shaquille...
R-Views, February 2, 2009
...Tuesday, 3 February 2009 Conversations with Carl Sagan edited by Tom Head Lowdown: Sixteen Sagan interviews spanning three decades. Review: Conversations with Carl Sagan is a book with an interesting premises. It is a collection of sixteen...
Coyote Crossing, February 1, 2009
...Bagnold’s exploits included establishing a frighteningly skilled desert commando group during World War 2 and consulting with Carl Sagan’s team on the likely dynamics of sand on Mars. Gossamer Tapestry Painted Canyon Doug Taron, usually confined to...
VintageGent's Menswear Daily, January 13, 2009
...who played Diane Lane’s husband was “meh.” 4. Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record (1978) by Carl Sagan Space! Millions and Millions of Stars! Crap. I used to have this book I think, a long long time ago. Or maybe not. 5. Carpentry for...
kottke.org, January 7, 2009
...A map of the Milky Way done in the style of the London tube map . I was re-reading Carl Sagan's novel Contact recently, essentially a series of arguments about SETI wrapped into a story, and he alludes to some sort of cosmic Grand Central Station. That,...
4ZZACOM, January 7, 2009
...It describes itself as having an astronomy expert at your side. Imagine gazing up at the stars while Carl Sagan, rest his soul, stood ready to deliver important tips and information. Of course the magazine not only focuses on this important information,...
Sad and Mad, December 29, 2008
...and took this photograph of Earth from 6.054 billion kilometres away. In this reading from his book, Carl Sagan puts this pale blue dot very eloquently in perspective...
Paul and Storm, December 29, 2008
...post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. MATCH #6 Hermione Granger vs. Dr. Carl Sagan Hermione Granger : Bookish young witch from the Harry Potter stories. Notes : An over-achiever who demonstrates throughout the series how brains...
Daily Kos, December 28, 2008
...common touch, he shares the ability with a couple of other specialized authors -- Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan -- to make clear some very complicated concepts from a specialized subject area, and to make the reader enjoy the experience. In The Return...
Bloggers For Change, December 28, 2008
...common touch, he shares the ability with a couple of other specialized authors -- Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan -- to make clear some very complicated concepts from a specialized subject area, and to make the reader enjoy the experience. In The Return...
Uncommon Descent, December 19, 2008
...t find this fellow is on line. Possibly, he has a day job now.] Then there was Carl Sagan, confidently expecting the autobiography of a chimpanzee …. (Dragons of Eden), due to success in teaching chimps to think like people. So far as I can make out,...
The Mad Mechanicals' Blog, December 6, 2008
...Just finished Cosmos by Carl Sagan. This book was the companion book to an old PBS special of the same name from 1984 or so. Maybe 85…I’d go look it up, but...
Consider Bookhling, December 6, 2008
...today. Here are shots of the purchases I’m especially fond of. “The varieties of scientific experience” by Carl Sagan. I didn’t plan on buying this, but at five something dollars per copy? Sign me up! “Journey through genius” by William...
Laelaps, December 5, 2008
...pull off the shelf when I want to read just for the pleasure of it. Stephen Jay Gould , Carl Sagan , Robert Sapolsky , and Oliver Sacks have written exceptional science books that are a pleasure to read, but such talent is rare. In fact, part of the...
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed, December 5, 2008
...pull off the shelf when I want to read just for the pleasure of it. Stephen Jay Gould , Carl Sagan , Robert Sapolsky , and Oliver Sacks have written exceptional science books that are a pleasure to read, but such talent is rare. In fact, part of the...
Kutukutubuku.com Blog, December 4, 2008
...Rules – John Irving A Maggot – John Fowles Less Than Zero – Bret Easton Ellis Contact – Carl Sagan The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood Perfume – Patrick Süskind Old Masters – Thomas Bernhard White Noise – Don DeLillo Queer –...
The Mad Mechanicals' Blog, December 2, 2008
...on time (hint, hint). Also, stay tuned for more book reports. I’m currently reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan and Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty. I’m still a week or so away from finishing both of them, but so far I’m full of positive...
