All Blog Posts Tagged 'Sagan' (11)

Issue 48 of Cosmos, December 2012 by Robin McKie

 

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago and life first appeared here about a billion years later. Scientists don’t agree over the processes involved but, according to some theories, extremophiles were involved.

 

Charles Darwin suggested life began in "a warm little pond". Earth's early atmosphere would have been rich in methane, ammonia, and other gases on…

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This week includes the entire audio from The Sagan Series, which can be found on You Tube, and my rant to one of those Christians who says I'm Not One of Those Christians.

Playlist

The Sagan Series Part One

Alleee 1

Babs Gonzales * Prelude to a Nightmare

Tommy Durden and the Westernaires * Hula Boogie

The Sagan Series Part 2

Al Jolson * I Dream of Jeannie

Petula…

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34 Photos from The ISS





I couldn't decide if my favourite was the shot of The Milky Way from beyond The Earth or the image of the Aurora - taken from what seems like inside the aurora!! or the sunset reflecting of The Caspian Sea.

 

Okay  - that's my top 3 right there - but they are all of them absolutely awesome.  Do your brain…

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In both of science and religions areas of my life, I have many more experiences that added to both my understanding of the natural world and understanding about Christianity and religion. In high school, I was fortunate to take almost every science class that was offered. I even became a science proctor, [that is a teacher's aide or assistant]. The classes I took included: General Science, Biology,(two years) Chemistry, Astronomy, Physics, and Zoology. The only two classes I didn't take that…

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"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."



Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy



As you may have read previously on my blog, I'm a big fan of perspective. I like to have an idea of where I am and who I am, what it means to be alive and what it means to be… Continue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc



Lyrics:



[Sagan]

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch

You must first invent the universe



Space is filled with a network of wormholes

You might emerge somewhere else in space

Some when-else in time



The sky calls to us

If we do not… Continue

To celebrate Carl Sagan’s birthday I thought I would post a few of his quotes:



I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.



In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community… Continue

This was posted by Gavin Melville Barber, Thanks!

This is what I read to my children. Through reading about these people as child, I have learned the way towards being a free person is to read. It drives home several very important facts. This aspiring piece that shows the depth of Carl Sagan and of his passion for humanity. That of Frederick Bailey, an observant child. Who rose up from slavery to freedom. When you get your turn to rise up from "mental slavery" whom will you take with… Continue

Carl Sagan's Cosmos is still relevant, still enlightening, and still entertaining after twenty-nine (!) years. I am fond of them all, but the one that sticks in my mind is the tale of the Heiki Crabs, which bear, ostensibly, miraculous markings on their shells. Carl explains why, and relates this artificially selected phenomenon with the theory of natural… Continue

Carl Sagan's book, "The Demon Haunted World," is as close to an "atheist bible" as you can get. Well, it is to me, anyway. Here I include the chapter called "On the Distinction Between True and False Visions," which deals with Marian apparitions.



Playlist



Carl Sagan * True and False Visions 1

Alleee 1

Enoch Light * Don't Sleep in the Subway

Inger Nilsson * Keep On… Continue

"Eso es aquí. Eso es casa. Eso es nosotros. Sobre él, todo aquel que amas, todo aquel que conoces, todo aquel del que has oído hablar, cada ser humano que existió, vivió sus vidas. La suma de nuestra alegría y sufrimiento, miles de confiadas religiones, ideologías y doctrinas económicas, cada cazador y recolector, cada héroe y cobarde, cada creador y destructor de la civilización, cada rey y campesino, cada joven pareja enamorada, cada madre y padre, cada esperanzado niño, inventor y… Continue