Reads tagged with “Carl Sagan”
From Galileo to Sagan, Famous Scientists on the Art of Wonder, the Mystery of the Universe, and the Heart of Science
“It would be a very dull universe for any intelligent being were everything of importance to be known.”
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: Carl Sagan on Science and Spirituality
“If we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.”
Isaac Asimov’s Fan Mail to Young Carl Sagan
“You are my idea of a good writer because you have an unmannered style, and when I read what you write, I hear you talking.”
Carl Sagan on Science and Spirituality
“The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.”
Cosmic Pastoral: Diane Ackerman’s Poems for the Planets, Which Carl Sagan Sent Timothy Leary in Prison
An ode to “the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness of everything else.”
The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood.
Do Something Meaningful: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan on Carl Sagan
“Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others?”
Carl Sagan on the Meaning of Life
“We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.”
Cosmic Apprentice: Dorion Sagan on Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other
“A good scientific theory shines its light, revealing the world’s fearful symmetry. And its failure is also a success, as it shows us where to look next.”
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