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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Neil deGrasse Tyson is at home in the universe. As a citizen of the cosmos, he’s taking off where Carl Sagan left off. “Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey,†a 13-part, prime-time series airing on both Fox and the National Geographic Channel. http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-at-home-in-the-universe/ |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6653 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Awesome! Science is the way to the future. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Many thanks Lynn. Just checked on the NGC and can't find any details. Can you keep us posted as to when it will air please. Edit: This is all I could find: - Cosmos Live from Los Angeles - March 4th Directed by Brannon Braga. If NCIS is anything to go by, this show will be awesome. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Many thanks Lynn. Just checked on the NGC and can't find any details. Can you keep us posted as to when it will air please. Thank You, Sirius. Glad you found a date. I will keep checking about the details, but think you nailed it. Neil deGrasse Tyson, he's an awesome person and speaker. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Have to agree that they got an excellent presenter. Also glad I upgraded my cable package to their Tivo box, so as soon as this starts airing, I'm going to dvr it. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I thought I posted earlier but it has vanished. Tyson has a great TV personality and this should be great programming. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
trailer for the show. Rebooting Carl Sagan's seminal "Cosmos" miniseries three decades later is almost impossible — unless you happen to be renowned astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson. http://www.space.com/22058-cosmos-a-spacetimes-odyssey-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-revealed-video.html http://www.space.com/24243-cosmos-tv-series-neil-degrasse-tyson.html |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Thanks Lynn. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Watched the trailer. If the series echoes the trailer, I don't think that the show will have any more relevance than the usual fare on the Science Channel. Looks to be more religious and metaphysical than scientific. Don't forget many in the astronomy community considered Sagan to be a posturing showman--popular psuedo-science while popularizing interest in science perhaps. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
more religious and metaphysical than scientific... popular psuedo-science... Ouch. If you can find a single pseudo-scientific idea promoted by either of these gentlemen, I'd be certainly interested in a reference. Sagan, specifically, wrote "The Demon-Haunted World" exactly to counter pseudo-science. Note: making science fun, interesting, passionate and wonderful does not make it into "pseudo-science". That term is specifically reserved for demonstrably incorrect information masquerading as science (phrenology, creationism, vitalism, etc.) |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Don't forget many in the astronomy community considered Sagan to be a posturing showman--popular psuedo-science while popularizing interest in science perhaps. Grmbl... Carl Sagan had so much succes because he was able to make the 'common' people understand science. He was a genuine scientist though imo! rOZZ Music Pictures |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
He was a genuine scientist though imo! Not just an opinion... He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22219 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
For physics you might try digging out some of Jim Al-Khalili books. Not his heavy, real nose bleed academic stuff, but his lighter more public oriented books listed on the "science communication" page of his website are fairly easy reading on some quite heavy subjects. Maths, well there is Marcus du Sautoy who has published a couple of lighter books of which "The Num8er My5teries: A Mathematical Odyssey Through Everyday Life" is about the easiest to get to grips with. Again most of his work comes under the "nose bleed" category.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
“Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,†which Fox will begin airing on March 9th. The show is a sequel to “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,†the celebrated series that was hosted by Sagan and broadcast on PBS, in 1980. Sagan, who died in 1996, was an erudite guide to the universe, conveying the excitement of discoveries within the solar system and beyond. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_mead update.. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Premières Sunday, March 9, 9 p.m. ET/PT, 10 p.m. MT, Global/Fox, 7 p.m. CT, CIHF. Mathematics, the science of numbers, lies at the heart of scientific exploration of the universe. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
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Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 |
okay. Hi Lynn, Thank you for that heads up, I would like to watch that :) |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
okay. Your Welcome, Byron. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Premières Sunday, March 9, 9 p.m. ET/PT, 10 p.m. MT, Global/Fox, 7 p.m. CT, CIHF. Mathematics, the science of numbers, lies at the heart of scientific exploration of the universe. Don't forget, (to check your local tv, listing). Byron :) |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 |
okay. thanks Lynn, Will do, Best Wishes Byron |
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