Tyson has a bit more brash approach, more suited I suppose to today’s generation, who most likely see Sagan as a bit stuffy by comparison. (Me, I appreciate them both.)
there's also a wonderful recording of the quote on Nightwish's album Human Nature. It's incredible, it makes me so emotional even after hearing it so many times already
The pale blue dot photo by voyeger make one feel very very small and totally insignificant. If the Sun exploded and destroyed the earth , The universe wouldn't even blink.
Call me a nerd, but Sagan's Cosmos still gives me goosebumps. I'm no scientist, but I wish Carl Sagan knew how much he helped my young mind find enjoyment in knowledge.
Watching him in "Cosmos" when I was a 5 y.o. kid in the 90's changed my life and how I saw the universe. While not a physicist or astronomer, I'm a biochemist, a researcher and university teacher.
I get goosebumps every time I hear "A Pale Blue Dot." To this day it's number 1 in my bookmarks. I go back to it every few months to put everything into perspective.
Carl Sagan is a hero of mine. I was something like ten or eleven years old when Cosmos first was broadcast and I would watch it on PBS with my father every week. I also soon after got to meet Dr. Sagan when he gave a speech about nuclear winter in NYC on New Years in 1984 in a cathedral. I was there for that speech and had been invited by somebody in the production of the event who introduced me to him that evening. I'll never forget it. He is greatly missed.
I'm sorry that happened to you ddoyle. No one deserves to be treated like that and I hope that you are able to get help and lead a happy life dispite that happening to you.
As a young boy in 1964 my parents bought me a very nice telescope. I've been looking at the cosmos ever since. Thanks mom and dad and, thank you Mister Sagan.
This man changed my life when I was 13 years old. Reading his book 'Cosmos' and watching the TV series blew my mind and I have had a love of science ever since.
I loved that. Carl Sagan, alongside David Attenborough, have always been personal heroes of mine. I couldn't imagine two more fascinating people to sit down to dinner with. You hit the nail on the head yet again Biographics. Thank you.
I was born September 11th, 1980. Carl Sagan was my idol, my absolute hero. Not only did he stoke my interest in the cosmos as a very young child, he inspired me to write. His way of speaking married science with poetry and he always moved me with his eloquence. I have a very large tattoo on my thigh, from hip to knee, that is the setting sun, the rising moon, and of course, the starry sky. I got this tattoo in honor of Sagan, that's how much of an impact he had on my life.
That's fabulous. Both my hips are covered too, for very different reasons. My question is other than getting tatted what did you do with this inspiration?
Sagan could not only make complex concepts understandable, he did it in a way that wasn't patronizing. He didn't make you feel stupid for not understanding astrophysics. He did it in an incredibly eloquent, borderline poetic fashion, as well.
Carl Sagan came into my life right after he himself had left his behind: My high school science teacher introduced us to Cosmos shortly after Sagan died. Ten years later, I lived across the street (well, freeway) from where he had died--a cancer care center in Seattle. I could see it out my window, and I often thought of him. He is one of my favorite historical figures, and somebody whose optimism and wonder are very dear to me. To the extent that Carl Sagan was egotistical, it was a conceit of deep humanism and extraordinary hopes and expectations for our incredible species. I've known people who worked with him, and he definitely had some detractors within the scientific community--nor can I disagree with their criticisms. But those criticisms miss the point: Sagan understood that scientific education in the general public is the underpinning of something abiding and profound. Having a place for scientific thinking in one's understanding of our surrounding world is perhaps the greatest gift there is. He was the ultimate storyteller, yet he never told stories. He only told the truth, as best he knew it. And he did it with such aplomb that it changed millions of people's lives forever, including mine.
I hit the like button before I even started the video. And now, at the end of the video, it's obvious that choice was correct. Great video about a great man. Good job, Simon and team.
It's a good thing you didn't watch. I was surprised and saddened when it came to the part about Sagan's propensity to kick puppies and kittens. And though I've heard the stories before, I still don't believe he ever fucked a goat.
It was Carl Sagan's Cosmos series that I watched in early 80's on JRT TV Belgrade1 that pushed me toward my astronomy degree years later. He was truly inspiring figure!
1:20 - Chapter 1 - All the lights in the sky 5:10 - Chapter 2 - Love & rockets 9:00 - Chapter 3 - The pioneers 13:25 - Mid roll ads 15:15 - Chapter 4 - A never ending voyage 18:50 - Chapter 5 - Into the cosmos 22:30 - Chapter 6 - A pale blue dot
I think the Pale Blue Dot is the most beautiful speech ever (maybe together with Chaplin's Great Dictator speech), it moves me almost to tears every time I hear it.
I have portraits of both Sagan and The Pale Blue Dot (with his words inscribed) on my bedroom walls, as an reminder, every morning...of what Life Is Really All About. I began studying astronomy as a small boy in the late 60's after seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Became aware of him between the Pioneers and Viking missions, and he helped to inspire me from then on. His influence on 21st Century astronomy and environmentalism is incalculable. Great video, thanks for making this one.
There is a movie called "Contact." At the end of the movie is the Dedication: "For Carl." So simple, so profound, so Perfect. Thank you, Carl, for showing all of us a child's Wonder of the Universe. May that wonder last for all of Eternity.
When leaving my religion I watched the new and old Cosmos series. It was a hard time in my life, but Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson gave me new hope in humanity and personal peace. I get chills every time I hear the "pale blue dot" speech, including watching this video. Thank you for making this.
I loved seeing the show the Cosmos. Sagan made outer space seem so romantic, beautiful, and understandable. His speech about the blue dot picture was so poetic, and has always made me appreciate our small planet. I've had a telescope (different ones) my whole life because he inspired me to look up. I take my 6 year old son and my 10 yr old daughter out with our telescope hoping to inspire them to look up the way Sagan did for me. Thank you for covering Carl Sagan. Great work and looking forward to more.
After all these years I still get very emotional about that speech. Especially the section "The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand".
That part about An Druyan's brain waves was amazing and very touching. The best way to be remembered would be through the perception of someone who loved you. And to think that it will be out there for millions of years... So romantic!
Now would it be brainwaves of love or infidelity? Lol I'm taking the piss. It really it a beautiful story. But I had one of those devils advocate humorous thoughts haha
I clicked on this and saw the views still in the triple digits. Does this mean I'm early?!?! That'll be brilliant then! I've grown up hearing Sagan's voice - reruns of Cosmos - and being completely fascinated and enthralled by the stars and all the wonder he put on display for us. This was excellent, well researched, even handed, and overall another fantastic job by you and your team. Thank you!!
Margaret Rogers J.Y.Cousteau was my first science hero. I had all the National Geographics books and became a certified scuba diver because I wanted to be a marine biologist and explorer like he and his sons. I even got to shake hands with him when I was ten or twelve and he’d brought Calypso into St. Petersburg Florida to have equipment installed. He and Jean-Michel came right out to meet the crowd of tourist who had gathered... No security, no bodyguards, no fear of the people who crowded around...no way that could happen today!
This was touching. I have said FOR YEARS, we are all in this together...if our precious planet were no more, we would be no more. Cherish each other and our home. Thank you Simon. Thank you Carl, Thank you Earth
I was 7 when Cosmos first aired and it had a profound impact on me. Carl made me want to know more, made me hungry to learn. When he died, I was in my 20's, but I cried like I was 7 again.
Carl attended Rahway High School in Rahway, NJ. There isn't so much as a plaque in recognition of him. Yet the halls are covered in acknowledgments for football players & wrestlers. Rah Rah Rahway High a prime example of why the U.S. Public Scool System churns out such Stellar Academics.
Thanks. I'll always remember my first encounter with who Carl Sagan was. In my 10th grade biology class, the teacher actually knew that Cosmos was coming to PBS, and she taped it VHS (presumably with permission!) One day each week, for the run of the show, she would haul that big ugly rolling shelf, with the TV & VCR, into our classroom, dim the lights, and we'd watch Cosmos. That experience blew my mind. I'd always loved learning, and read much about science, even from a very early age (3rd & 4th grade.) But this show - and this man - turned my eyes and my mind outward to the stars, where I discovered a whole universe (literally!) of wonders. So to you, Carl: thank you so much. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those who caught the feeling. I'll never lose that. tavi.
I wasn't born until 87 but I caught Cosmos on the Science Channel in college. I re-watched it 10 plus times and bought and read nearly every book he wrote. From time to time, I still listen to him reading The Pale Blue Dot on RUclips and am moved to tears every single time. His words have shaped my thoughts more than any other person. I wish I could have known him while he was still with us.
Anyone else remember watching Carl Sagan's Royal Institution Christmas lectures? I told my own son about them years later and that's when he became deeply interested in the cosmos, collecting Carl Sagan's books and watching his series.
There's a channel of the The royal institution on RUclips and they uploaded a Carl sagan Christmas lecture video 'how would we communicate with aliens'. Maybe that's the one your referring to.
I don’t know why, but somewhere towards the end, I started to cry. Genuinely, besides the thought that the only common idol - which could technically be referred to ‘the only extraterrestrial existence that us and another alien civilisation could possibly ever recognise is Carl Sagan’ - due to the passion and love of a single maiden, the speech he gave of the blue spot in a light-beam, the thought of a kid staring at the starry sky in wonderment, and the fact that, me - who was born in 1990 - could have entirely experienced this inspirational hero of Neil Tyson... Everything about this narrative drawn by Simon & Co was perfectly poetic this time ‘round... It’s nice to feel this way every once in a while. Bravo-and God Speed, Voyager.
Every Biography u guys do is great, but this one on Carl Sagen has a really great tone and was thoroughly encompassing of the man, successes and flaws. Amazing work, as always 😁👍
Outstanding video, thank you for doing such justice to a great man, who gave generations of scientists, now and in the years to come, the inspiration to move forward in our professions!!
Cosmos changed my life & the way I viewed everything. You guys did a very nice retrospective. Obviously you have a love for this man that I & many others share.
@@patrikkarlsson9463 Give me a break, I was pissed. However, I edited my post to reflect how you (as a personality) come off to your friends and family ;)
Sagan made so much science accessible to the public. Fascinating to learn some of the background details of his work and life. A brilliant man, flaws and all.
I didn't grow up watching Sagan and have never watched his show, but his influence is felt throughout our society. I feel part of the reason we are able to look past borders and differences is due to realizing our small place in the world and the massive amount of development we have ahead of us. If everyone came to that humbling realization I do not believe we would have near the amount of bickering we do, because the sheer fact that we are even here on a planet that happened to form, that happened to go through a mass boom in carbon dioxide, which causes a massive growth in plant life, which caused a massive increase in oxygen is insane. All the factors required for our living are so specific and fragile that it is a marvel that any of us are here and yet we squander that great gift all the time.
I was mesmerized by Cosmos when it aired. Already a closet science geek for years (I wasn't very good at math but I loved all types of science, especially astronomy), I was whisked across the galaxy every week on PBS. To this day, I love watching Cosmos, even though much more data about the planets have been added. Carl Sagan was, and still is, my rock star!
Good point. I think The Big Bang Theory show would be more interesting if each of the main scientists, had a personality closer to a real life scientist.
Carl Sagan was a household name when I was growing up. Indeed, watching "Cosmos" was one of the highlights of my youth. Having said that, the most influential scientist mentioned in this video was not Carl Sagan, nor Neil de Grasse Tyson, but Lynn Margulis née Alexander. She fundamentally changed the way we understand biology. she introduced the Five Kingdom system when, before her, we had the Two Kingdom system (Flora and Fauna). And that was only one of her achievements. She well deserves a Biographics video of her own.
Dr. Sagan, you are missed. I have all of your books and still admire your ability to connect the dots of scientific history. The segment of "Cosmos" in which you showed how the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the earth was the most eloquent thing I've ever heard. And thanks Simon for returning to two of Sagan's themes: good ideas do not require force, and kindness changes things. Great video.
I was 5 when he passed and couldn't fully grasp his effect on science and the wider world. A few years later after watching and rewatching Cosmos, I found out he had already passed. I felt such a deep pang of loss, even having never met him, something I had still hoped to one day do. RIP the True Star(stuff)Lord! Still impacting and helping to further foster an interest in science in our future. I just hope we can live up to his ideals.
We always talk about conquerors and world leaders, but here was a humble Astrophysicists who was so ahead of his time that the absolute and complete effect he had on the human experience will be felt eons after his untimely demise.
One of my favourite stories about creating the golden record for Voyager, involves someone suggested it include Bach, with Sagan replying "oh, I think that might be showing off" 😄 Possibly apocraphyal, but still a story that makes me smile
Thank you for this vid. I am proud to say that my father was an aerospace engineer & part of the team that designed the microwave transmitter on the Voyager satellites. He was crazy about Sagan and never missed an episode. Cheers!
"V2 Rockets falling on england, the boy thought of only how he could be riding those rockets to another world. instead, his father takes him to new jersey." best comedy line in Biographics as of now.
One of my best Friends, since my time in the Air Force, took several classes from Dr. Sagan at Cornell. He had some very interesting stories about the private Carl Sagan, that I won't repeat, because they're not especially flattering.
Carl Sagan was never afraid to discuss controversial issues, even if his opinion wasn't popular. Nobody as of yet has been able to inspire average people about such extraordinary things the way Carl could, he loved teaching. Many have tried but nobody can fill his shoes.
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Thanks Alot For Doing This One Man Thanks Alot🙏
At 1:49 you said 1931, but the caption reads 1934. Still liked the video!
Lol when he said fedder upper I lost it.. Its 1am I woke people up😅😂😘💜
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch.. you must first create the Universe
Thanks for your videos
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
-Carl Sagan
The Pale Blue Dot... That quote allways make me cry. Such wonder. Such awe. It brings me a case of SERIOUS goosebumps
I've never gotten a fraction of that wonder and awe from Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I do however get whiffs of condescension from time to time.
The whole book is amazing. And there is an audio version with the first half recorded by Carl before he died and finished by Ann druyan
Tyson has a bit more brash approach, more suited I suppose to today’s generation, who most likely see Sagan as a bit stuffy by comparison.
(Me, I appreciate them both.)
there's also a wonderful recording of the quote on Nightwish's album Human Nature. It's incredible, it makes me so emotional even after hearing it so many times already
The pale blue dot photo by voyeger make one feel very very small and totally insignificant. If the Sun exploded and destroyed the earth ,
The universe wouldn't even blink.
Call me a nerd, but Sagan's Cosmos still gives me goosebumps. I'm no scientist, but I wish Carl Sagan knew how much he helped my young mind find enjoyment in knowledge.
"Dear Earth, Please stop sending us naked selfies and directions to your house. We're not that into you."
And send more Chuck Berry.
"Yeah, and these brain waves are disgusting."
Twinkle, Twinkle little star, I know exactly where you are. If you wonder how I know, Carl Sagan told me so.
You're now responsible for billions of chuckles & smiles. Perfect!
@@raymondgilroy i'm glad you enjoy. My father taught it to me when i was a kid. Had to post it here.
That was lovely! Just like Carl. ✌🌍
Bravo !!
Iron Ox bravo couldn’t have been said better
Watching him in "Cosmos" when I was a 5 y.o. kid in the 90's changed my life and how I saw the universe. While not a physicist or astronomer, I'm a biochemist, a researcher and university teacher.
I get goosebumps every time I hear "A Pale Blue Dot." To this day it's number 1 in my bookmarks. I go back to it every few months to put everything into perspective.
Carl Sagan is a hero of mine. I was something like ten or eleven years old when Cosmos first was broadcast and I would watch it on PBS with my father every week. I also soon after got to meet Dr. Sagan when he gave a speech about nuclear winter in NYC on New Years in 1984 in a cathedral. I was there for that speech and had been invited by somebody in the production of the event who introduced me to him that evening. I'll never forget it. He is greatly missed.
One of your best.
Watching “Cosmos” was a life changing experience back in the 80s. Thank you for posting this.
I'm sorry that happened to you ddoyle. No one deserves to be treated like that and I hope that you are able to get help and lead a happy life dispite that happening to you.
@@wkdravenna Despite.
I found the book in a second hand shop and it reads just like the show. Great read from a great man of Science.
I was 10 when Cosmos aired. I watched it with my parents.
Absolutely blew my mind. There will always be a place in my heart for Dr. Sagan.
Godspeed.
As a young boy in 1964 my parents bought me a very nice telescope. I've been looking at the cosmos ever since. Thanks mom and dad and, thank you Mister Sagan.
Dr. Sagan. FIFY!
Carl Sagan is a legend, and this video certainly did him justice! Excellent! Well done!
It always blew my mind how Mr. Sagan was able to not blow his top trying to explain concepts to novices and really get the point across.
This man changed my life when I was 13 years old. Reading his book 'Cosmos' and watching the TV series blew my mind and I have had a love of science ever since.
"Pale Blue Dot" literally almost brings me to tears every time I hear it. I have never heard our insignificance stated more clearly and beautifully.
I loved that. Carl Sagan, alongside David Attenborough, have always been personal heroes of mine. I couldn't imagine two more fascinating people to sit down to dinner with.
You hit the nail on the head yet again Biographics. Thank you.
And, of course, J. Cousteau !
Don't forget, J. Christ!
Let me add somebody else to that list: Jacob Bronowski.
I was born September 11th, 1980. Carl Sagan was my idol, my absolute hero. Not only did he stoke my interest in the cosmos as a very young child, he inspired me to write. His way of speaking married science with poetry and he always moved me with his eloquence.
I have a very large tattoo on my thigh, from hip to knee, that is the setting sun, the rising moon, and of course, the starry sky. I got this tattoo in honor of Sagan, that's how much of an impact he had on my life.
That's fabulous. Both my hips are covered too, for very different reasons. My question is other than getting tatted what did you do with this inspiration?
Sagan could not only make complex concepts understandable, he did it in a way that wasn't patronizing. He didn't make you feel stupid for not understanding astrophysics. He did it in an incredibly eloquent, borderline poetic fashion, as well.
Carl Sagan came into my life right after he himself had left his behind: My high school science teacher introduced us to Cosmos shortly after Sagan died. Ten years later, I lived across the street (well, freeway) from where he had died--a cancer care center in Seattle. I could see it out my window, and I often thought of him. He is one of my favorite historical figures, and somebody whose optimism and wonder are very dear to me.
To the extent that Carl Sagan was egotistical, it was a conceit of deep humanism and extraordinary hopes and expectations for our incredible species. I've known people who worked with him, and he definitely had some detractors within the scientific community--nor can I disagree with their criticisms. But those criticisms miss the point: Sagan understood that scientific education in the general public is the underpinning of something abiding and profound. Having a place for scientific thinking in one's understanding of our surrounding world is perhaps the greatest gift there is. He was the ultimate storyteller, yet he never told stories. He only told the truth, as best he knew it. And he did it with such aplomb that it changed millions of people's lives forever, including mine.
I dont need to watch. Its Sagan. That's enough for me to hit the like button.
Same here
I hit the like button before I even started the video. And now, at the end of the video, it's obvious that choice was correct. Great video about a great man. Good job, Simon and team.
@@feidry Sames.
It's a good thing you didn't watch.
I was surprised and saddened when it came to the part about
Sagan's propensity to kick puppies and kittens. And though I've
heard the stories before, I still don't believe he ever fucked a goat.
Me to
16:53 actually we got a response from a alien civiliation…..they said: send more chuck berry
Boom!
Really?🤔🤨🧐
When I was a little bitty boy,
My grandmother bought me a cute little toy...
@@LaineyBug2020 Silver bells hangin' on a string
Can you blame them?
It was Carl Sagan's Cosmos series that I watched in early 80's on JRT TV Belgrade1 that pushed me toward my astronomy degree years later. He was truly inspiring figure!
The way you read his quote was incredibly powerful. Thank you for that, you really did it immense justice.
1:20 - Chapter 1 - All the lights in the sky
5:10 - Chapter 2 - Love & rockets
9:00 - Chapter 3 - The pioneers
13:25 - Mid roll ads
15:15 - Chapter 4 - A never ending voyage
18:50 - Chapter 5 - Into the cosmos
22:30 - Chapter 6 - A pale blue dot
I think the Pale Blue Dot is the most beautiful speech ever (maybe together with Chaplin's Great Dictator speech), it moves me almost to tears every time I hear it.
I have portraits of both Sagan and The Pale Blue Dot (with his words inscribed) on my bedroom walls, as an reminder, every morning...of what Life Is Really All About.
I began studying astronomy as a small boy in the late 60's after seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Became aware of him between the Pioneers and Viking missions, and he helped to inspire me from then on.
His influence on 21st Century astronomy and environmentalism is incalculable.
Great video, thanks for making this one.
There is a movie called "Contact." At the end of the movie is the Dedication: "For Carl."
So simple, so profound, so Perfect.
Thank you, Carl, for showing all of us a child's Wonder of the Universe. May that wonder last for all of Eternity.
Underrated movie.
Please read the book, it's way more profound
Didn't even know it was based on a book! Will check it out :)
@@Biographics you can find the audiobook on scribd :)
I remember watching Cosmos with my father when I was a teenager. Some of my favorite memories.
I couldn't have said it better. I loved Cosmos
Me too. Sharing admiration of Carl Sagan's Cosmos with my late father is something I hope to never forget.
I am sad that I can't like this video twice.
When leaving my religion I watched the new and old Cosmos series. It was a hard time in my life, but Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson gave me new hope in humanity and personal peace. I get chills every time I hear the "pale blue dot" speech, including watching this video. Thank you for making this.
+1000... and I particularly enjoyed hearing the Pale Blue Dot in Simon's voice.
He made science cool. I loved his show Cosmos.
I loved seeing the show the Cosmos. Sagan made outer space seem so romantic, beautiful, and understandable. His speech about the blue dot picture was so poetic, and has always made me appreciate our small planet. I've had a telescope (different ones) my whole life because he inspired me to look up. I take my 6 year old son and my 10 yr old daughter out with our telescope hoping to inspire them to look up the way Sagan did for me. Thank you for covering Carl Sagan. Great work and looking forward to more.
Sagan reading from The Pale Blue Dot is on RUclips. I strongly recommend it!
After all these years I still get very emotional about that speech. Especially the section "The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand".
24:08 you can see Simon Whistler's eyes almost tear up as anyone would reading and contemplating such a powerful speech.
That part about An Druyan's brain waves was amazing and very touching. The best way to be remembered would be through the perception of someone who loved you. And to think that it will be out there for millions of years... So romantic!
Now would it be brainwaves of love or infidelity?
Lol I'm taking the piss. It really it a beautiful story. But I had one of those devils advocate humorous thoughts haha
Sees Pale Blue Dot...
Listening to quote...
I'm not crying, you're crying!
There's an apocryphal quote attributed to Carl Sagan stating that filling the Voyager probe's gold disc with Bach would have been "showing off".
I grew up in Nigeria, and every Sunday morning Sagan would come on our TV. I was drawn to his voice like a moth to flame, and that was it.
Best channel on RUclips atm, don’t know how you manage to pump so many of these out at such a good quality! Thank you for your great content!
Finally, I hope you can do Paul Dirac and Richard Feynman next
Feynman!
yes please. I have no idea who these people are and would love to learn about them!!
Aaron Litz hi did somebody call.
Yes Feynman :)
Feynman!
One of your very best! Thank you, Simon.
Wow! I was going to make a witty comment, but the writing and your narrative left me in awe!
Good work, Simon!😁👍
I clicked on this and saw the views still in the triple digits. Does this mean I'm early?!?! That'll be brilliant then!
I've grown up hearing Sagan's voice - reruns of Cosmos - and being completely fascinated and enthralled by the stars and all the wonder he put on display for us. This was excellent, well researched, even handed, and overall another fantastic job by you and your team.
Thank you!!
Damn, I cried the entire video!! I really liked Sagan...grew up watching Cosmos. Great video, guys and a great tribute!
One of your best Biographics yet. Thank you.
Wanted to go to the cosmos, instead went to New Jersey.
God has a cruel sense of humor.
New Jersey is as far from Bruklin as Space. Isn't it?
One of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century thank you!!! Love your videos!
That's debatable
@Carlos Saraiva It is. While he did bring popular science to the masses, he's research left something to be desired.
@Carlos Saraiva And insulting me doesn't make you look like an ass for sure.
@Carlos Saraiva sure Feynman
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. Especially the “little blue dot” speech.
Please consider profiling Jacques Cousteau.
Margaret Rogers J.Y.Cousteau was my first science hero. I had all the National Geographics books and became a certified scuba diver because I wanted to be a marine biologist and explorer like he and his sons. I even got to shake hands with him when I was ten or twelve and he’d brought Calypso into St. Petersburg Florida to have equipment installed. He and Jean-Michel came right out to meet the crowd of tourist who had gathered...
No security, no bodyguards, no fear of the people who crowded around...no way that could happen today!
This was touching. I have said FOR YEARS, we are all in this together...if our precious planet were no more, we would be no more. Cherish each other and our home. Thank you Simon. Thank you Carl,
Thank you Earth
That brang tears to my eyes...r.i.p Carl Sagan thank you
brought* (brang isn’t a word)
@@xero2715 "pretentious wank stain" - Tut, tut. Fucktrumpets need spelling lessons even if they don't want them.
I was 7 when Cosmos first aired and it had a profound impact on me. Carl made me want to know more, made me hungry to learn. When he died, I was in my 20's, but I cried like I was 7 again.
I’ve. Ever been more excited to watch an episode before! Thank you so much!
Yess Carl Sagan is one of my main inspirations for practicing science! I’ve been waiting for this one
Carl attended Rahway High School in Rahway, NJ. There isn't so much as a plaque in recognition of him. Yet the halls are covered in acknowledgments for football players & wrestlers. Rah Rah Rahway High a prime example of why the U.S. Public Scool System churns out such Stellar Academics.
Seriously???
This hurt my heart to read :(
I met carl Sagan when I was just 16 & visiting in Canada. He told me something I will never forget. "Question everything". Carl Sagan.
Carl Sagan is my hero and also the name of my bong.
He would have liked that.
Thanks. I'll always remember my first encounter with who Carl Sagan was. In my 10th grade biology class, the teacher actually knew that Cosmos was coming to PBS, and she taped it VHS (presumably with permission!) One day each week, for the run of the show, she would haul that big ugly rolling shelf, with the TV & VCR, into our classroom, dim the lights, and we'd watch Cosmos. That experience blew my mind. I'd always loved learning, and read much about science, even from a very early age (3rd & 4th grade.) But this show - and this man - turned my eyes and my mind outward to the stars, where I discovered a whole universe (literally!) of wonders. So to you, Carl: thank you so much. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those who caught the feeling. I'll never lose that. tavi.
I wasn't born until 87 but I caught Cosmos on the Science Channel in college. I re-watched it 10 plus times and bought and read nearly every book he wrote. From time to time, I still listen to him reading The Pale Blue Dot on RUclips and am moved to tears every single time. His words have shaped my thoughts more than any other person. I wish I could have known him while he was still with us.
Anyone else remember watching Carl Sagan's Royal Institution Christmas lectures?
I told my own son about them years later and that's when he became deeply interested in the cosmos, collecting Carl Sagan's books and watching his series.
There's a channel of the The royal institution on RUclips and they uploaded a Carl sagan Christmas lecture video 'how would we communicate with aliens'. Maybe that's the one your referring to.
I don’t know why, but somewhere towards the end, I started to cry. Genuinely, besides the thought that the only common idol - which could technically be referred to ‘the only extraterrestrial existence that us and another alien civilisation could possibly ever recognise is Carl Sagan’ - due to the passion and love of a single maiden, the speech he gave of the blue spot in a light-beam, the thought of a kid staring at the starry sky in wonderment, and the fact that, me - who was born in 1990 - could have entirely experienced this inspirational hero of Neil Tyson... Everything about this narrative drawn by Simon & Co was perfectly poetic this time ‘round...
It’s nice to feel this way every once in a while. Bravo-and God Speed, Voyager.
"...they were about to get even feder upper" This is what keeps me coming back to your channels!
I love him. The way he speaks makes me feel at peace
Every Biography u guys do is great, but this one on Carl Sagen has a really great tone and was thoroughly encompassing of the man, successes and flaws. Amazing work, as always 😁👍
Outstanding video, thank you for doing such justice to a great man, who gave generations of scientists, now and in the years to come, the inspiration to move forward in our professions!!
Cosmos changed my life & the way I viewed everything. You guys did a very nice retrospective. Obviously you have a love for this man that I & many others share.
Amazing I love Carl Sagan he got me interested in physics and science! Great episode
This biographic and the one about Hawking are AMAZING, THANK you Biographics team. ❤️
"I'll bake raps from scratch like Carl Sagan!"
This is such a great and informative channel.
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@@patrikkarlsson9463 Give me a break, I was pissed. However, I edited my post to reflect how you (as a personality) come off to your friends and family ;)
Sagan made so much science accessible to the public. Fascinating to learn some of the background details of his work and life. A brilliant man, flaws and all.
I love the way Sagan speaks, it's very poetic.. I wish he was still around.
the pale blue dot, the best reminder of the beautifull home we are living on, and we are destroying it again and again!
Can you please do Richard
Feynman?
This, please! This man was one of my life inspirations.
I didn't grow up watching Sagan and have never watched his show, but his influence is felt throughout our society. I feel part of the reason we are able to look past borders and differences is due to realizing our small place in the world and the massive amount of development we have ahead of us. If everyone came to that humbling realization I do not believe we would have near the amount of bickering we do, because the sheer fact that we are even here on a planet that happened to form, that happened to go through a mass boom in carbon dioxide, which causes a massive growth in plant life, which caused a massive increase in oxygen is insane. All the factors required for our living are so specific and fragile that it is a marvel that any of us are here and yet we squander that great gift all the time.
I was mesmerized by Cosmos when it aired. Already a closet science geek for years (I wasn't very good at math but I loved all types of science, especially astronomy), I was whisked across the galaxy every week on PBS. To this day, I love watching Cosmos, even though much more data about the planets have been added. Carl Sagan was, and still is, my rock star!
Nice post. I feel quite the same!
And the end made me cry. Wonderfuil biography! I love Sagan. Allways have
Thanks for your incredible glimpse of Carl Sagan; I love to listen to cosmos every year to remind me of the wonders of the human spirit.
OMG. Sagan looks like a cleaned up Sheldon Cooper in those photos from the 50s.
Good point. I think The Big Bang Theory show would be more interesting if each of the main scientists, had a personality closer to a real life scientist.
Outstanding video Simon Thank you
One of your best, but I'm a bit biased by my love of Carl Sagan. The Pale Blue Dot speech moves me to tears every time I hear it. Well done.
"They were about to get even fedder upper." I love it!!! Hahahahahahhaa
One of my favorite things to listen to from time to time is "the pale blue dot" itsjust such a humbling and amazing monolog.
The quote from Sagan of the Pale Blue dot just sends shivers.
It's finally here. Carl Sagan Spoke for the Universe.
Carl Sagan was a household name when I was growing up. Indeed, watching "Cosmos" was one of the highlights of my youth. Having said that, the most influential scientist mentioned in this video was not Carl Sagan, nor Neil de Grasse Tyson, but Lynn Margulis née Alexander. She fundamentally changed the way we understand biology. she introduced the Five Kingdom system when, before her, we had the Two Kingdom system (Flora and Fauna). And that was only one of her achievements. She well deserves a Biographics video of her own.
I wish Sagan was still around. He would be cracking politicians' heads over climate change right now.
Considering how old he would be he would more likely be babbling incoherently. That's what I plan to do.
Dr. Sagan, you are missed. I have all of your books and still admire your ability to connect the dots of scientific history. The segment of "Cosmos" in which you showed how the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the earth was the most eloquent thing I've ever heard.
And thanks Simon for returning to two of Sagan's themes: good ideas do not require force, and kindness changes things.
Great video.
Thank you!
Any chance you could also do a future episode on the physicist Richard Feynman, especially the person beyond his famous lectures?
I was 5 when he passed and couldn't fully grasp his effect on science and the wider world.
A few years later after watching and rewatching Cosmos, I found out he had already passed.
I felt such a deep pang of loss, even having never met him, something I had still hoped to one day do.
RIP the True Star(stuff)Lord!
Still impacting and helping to further foster an interest in science in our future. I just hope we can live up to his ideals.
We always talk about conquerors and world leaders, but here was a humble Astrophysicists who was so ahead of his time that the absolute and complete effect he had on the human experience will be felt eons after his untimely demise.
This channel is rather overwhelming. Great work, Simon.
One of my favourite stories about creating the golden record for Voyager, involves someone suggested it include Bach, with Sagan replying "oh, I think that might be showing off" 😄 Possibly apocraphyal, but still a story that makes me smile
Great job now do me!
(Richard Feynman)
Thank you for this vid. I am proud to say that my father was an aerospace engineer & part of the team that designed the microwave transmitter on the Voyager satellites. He was crazy about Sagan and never missed an episode. Cheers!
"V2 Rockets falling on england, the boy thought of only how he could be riding those rockets to another world. instead, his father takes him to new jersey."
best comedy line in Biographics as of now.
This is one of the finest gems in the crown of Simons presentations. 💎
One of my best Friends, since my time in the Air Force, took several classes from Dr. Sagan at Cornell. He had some very interesting stories about the private Carl Sagan, that I won't repeat, because they're not especially flattering.
Could you tell us at least what the stories are about?
@@User-jr7vf, they are mainly related to his partying habits.
Carl Sagan was never afraid to discuss controversial issues, even if his opinion wasn't popular. Nobody as of yet has been able to inspire average people about such extraordinary things the way Carl could, he loved teaching. Many have tried but nobody can fill his shoes.
How many skipped the brilliant😂
Well this is called brilliant 😂
The pale blue dot is inspiring and moves me to tears.