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Originally Posted by Trantor
What a great teacher Carl Sagan was. He had the ability to communicate the most complex ideas into simple to understand concepts. It is odvious that Sagan was a lover of learning and wisdom. It was great to see him alive and doing what he loved to do.
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Hi Trantor,
If you admire Carl Sagan, you might be interested in William Poundstone's “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999).
Poundstone's book is a rather moving account of Carl Sagan's life and, in particular, of his death.
(Keay Davidson's “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) is another interesting biography of Carl Sagan).
In relation to Cosmos, there are 24 pages of discussion in Keay Davidson's book, and 11 pages in Poundstone's book. See:
(1) Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) at pages 318-340 (in Chapter 13), 341 (in Chapter 14) of the Wiley softcover edition.
(2) Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) at pages 230, 231 (in the chapter entitled “Ithaca 1977-78”), 256-263, 267 (in the chapter entitled “Los Angeles 1978-81”) of the Owl Books softcover edition.
Both books contain a wealth of information about Carl Sagan's life, including his views on SETI and ufology.
Both books are available secondhand for quite a low price on Amazon. See:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471252867/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805057668/
Kind Regards,
Isaac Koi