I got my free Stella Artois chalice yesterday. I decided to take a quote from Carl Sagan to have engraved on it.
April 14th, 2012 at 3:01 pm 10 notes #stella artois #carl saganA mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
“Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science.
There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as the Candle in The Dark (via blua)
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Happy Pie Day from Carl Sagan!
Crumbly, but good.
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Reblogged from bouncingdodecahedrons March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 pm 518 notes #carl sagan #pie #pi #pi day“ Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us—there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, or falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.
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OH MY GOD A CARL SAGAN SHIRT!!!
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Theme From The TV Series
by Vangelis
Album Name: Cosmos CD 2
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Album Name: Cosmos CD 2
Play Count: 11,821 plays
cwnl:
Sagan Day (No. 9th) celebrations in full effect
Tunes of CWL
Vangelis
Cosmos (TV Theme)
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Reblogged from ikenbot November 9th, 2011 at 5:22 pm 316 notes #music #cosmos #carl saganA Universe Not Made For Us [Carl Sagan Tribute Series, S01E01]
November 9th, 2011 at 7:00 am 157 notes #Carl Sagan #science #Happy Birthday Carl