I remember watching "Cosmos" when it first aired on PBS. I thought that it was an amazing series at the time. Recently, I have been watching it for the first time since it's original airing and was amazed to see that it is just as refreshing as when I first saw it.

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.

I believe that "Cosmos" will stand the test of time. It will probably be redone with images of new discoveries, time after time. The message will be as clear and refreshing in the future, as it was when Sagan first made it.

Really the Carl Sagan's messages in respect of space were very clear, the cosmos serial was also the popular one.

I already watched it on the tv long back.

Really a great personality.

I bought it on DVD a few months ago but haven't gotten around to watching it yet, though I really want to.

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in japan they have made a tv to look the dvd on their eyes, means that tv can be look on the eyes like a goggle.

due to the time schedule of an individual makes him more busy, since he is a busy he do not have a time to make a spare works, so looking the program on the tv like the cosmos serial, we have to stick to the tv otherwise the sequence of looking program may hamper or we just forget the things rapidly !

I think there are least spectetors in the world who generally watch all science related movies and serials and so on.

and the quality of picture particularly in dvd gets amidst joy.

Trantor, I agree with you whole-heartedly! Carl Sagan was responsible for my interest in astronomy. His show was not only very educational, but very entertaining as well.

I think I'd like to watch it again.

I should try to find a DVD copy of the series. Where did you get yours ToSeek?

I bought it online. Somebody had it on sale, either A&E or Amazon. Since I can't find it on A&E's website now, it must have been Amazon.

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Very good. I just checked amazon.com and there are lots of listings.

I've watched a few, and must admit, he does an INCREDIBLE job of describing things in amazingly simple, yet comprehensive ways. Great series, highly reccomended (and for those of you with digital cable or satellite TV, it is on the science channel from time to time).

I may see if Netflix has it. (I'm finally getting an account soon, and I discovered today that they have Connections!)

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

I think the Science Channel is showing Cosmos right now (well, maybe not this very minute, but you know what I mean).

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And if I got the Science Channel . . . . (And no, Netflix doesn't seem to have it. Maybe after I get an account, I can request that they acquire it?)

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Cosmos is showing on the Science Channel on Tuesday nights at 9:00 ET. Tuesday nights from 8:00 pm until 11:00 is the Science Channel's "Space Night".

Great stuff. I need to get the DVD one of these days.

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I just destroyed the periodic table. I only recognize the element of surprise.

If anyone has the DVD and decides they don't want it, and want to give it away please let me know! I want it but I can't buy stuff online....

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I would think many public libraries would stock a copy - certainly my local ones do.

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Someone on THIS board not want it? Now that's wishful thinking.

Now. maybe if you went to GLP, then there might be someone who bought a copy only to be able to find flaws and was disappointed.

I will never get rid of my copy.

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

I definitely need to read those books, but I think my local library has them.

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Thus me praying right before your reply I know better, but hey, you never know, I could get lucky....

Ok, your right, it isn't going to happen....

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Thanks IsaacKoi. I have heard of it and plan on buying it. I have gone to Carl Sagan's website and read some of his wife's accounts of Sagan's death. By all accounts, he went out like a true Skeptic. He was a Great Man and Teacher.

Thanks for the reminder. I am currently reading Ulysses Grant's Memoirs, which is an excellent, but rather long book. I will make "A life in the Cosmos" my next read. I will buy it today.