Comments on: Documentaries I Like: Cosmos

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:32:00 +0000

When Cosmos first aired, I videotaped each episode. When my school librarian found out I had the series, she begged for dubbed copies for the library.

My favorite parts where Sagan walking around in the model library of Alexandria and talking about Leonardo da Vinci.

About a year ago, I re-watched the series with my ten year old. It stood the passage of time quite well.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:30:24 +0000

Cool post. Our university library had a set of Dr. Sagan’s lectures on video – he could do the same thing for all sorts of topics that he did in Cosmos. Truly gifted.

By: Poor Yorick's Almanack

Poor Yorick's Almanack — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:08:07 +0000

I missed this when it originally aired (I was 10 and not a PBS watcher then), but I’ve been renting it through Netflix. I just finished episodes 2 and 3. So far it’s great — packed with information and told in interesting ways. I love the “cosmic calendar,” which breaks all cosmic time into one Earth year. Humans start appearing only at 23:59:50 on December 31.

By: Doc

Doc — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:38 +0000

Cosmos was great, but my all-time fave in this genre would have to be James Burke’s “Connections”.

An astronomer friend of mine had Dr. Sagan for a couple of lectures when she was doing her undergrad work. When asked about his speaking style, he replied that it was the only way people in the back rows of his intro classes could hear him.

Dr. Sagan is sorely missed. *sigh*

By: kikz

kikz — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:08:55 +0000

bravo!

i watched cosmos on it’s original run on pbs. and bought the dvd series for my kids years bak. we love it, they love it. if you dig sagan, a good short read… dragons of eden. :)
as far as i’m concerned, cosmos should be required viewing in schools. hmhmhm.. i can dream can’t i?

By: John Brown

John Brown — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:06:09 +0000

MY favorite subject! I own this dvd set “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”. My favorite dvd in the pack is the 1st where he takes you on a tour of the universe. What they say is true, when you watch it, you are fascinated and practicaly in a trans. I’m into astronomy (16″ DOB modified/video/pentax lenses,etc…) and it is wonderful to see other galaxies, planets, nebulae, super nova, etc. We have a long way to go before we travel as Carl Sagan does in the video, after all, the voyager spacecraft that travels 1,000,000+ miles a day will take over 40,000 years to reach the next nearest star. Lets all hope the bee protien thing that might one day be able to extend life 10x, will happen! We might just see some of these things in a new perspective! Anyone want to discuss E=Mc2?