Cosmos back on the Science Channel.

[bdewoody]

The science channel will be running Carl Sagan's Cosmos series starting next week. Although there is no new information contained in the series as it originally aired over two decades ago they have added new graphics which helps make it seem more current. I will still watch it altough I have seen it several times. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[jsmoody]

Actually there was an episode on Christmas night. It was great! Looking forward to seeing the full series again. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> No amount of belief makes something a fact" - James Randi </div>

 

[majornature]

I miss watching the science channel...Always have to work...<img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>

 

[ashish27]

The series was never shown in my country... however its the book of the same name hat hooked me into serious astronomy..... dunno how the TV series is like.

 

[bdewoody]

I think the series has been burned onto DVD's and can be purchased or rented. As I stated earlier the show does not contain any new revelations about the universe but the presentation is superb, sort of like the Planet Earth series but for the universe. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[majornature]

It's a great show indeed!!!<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Cosmos 7 DVD set. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[weeman]

<font color="yellow"> I think the series has been burned onto DVD's and can be purchased or rented. </font><br /><br />Well of course, what isn't in a dvd set these days? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />I'll be watching the series as much as I can. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[ashish27]

Thanks for the link. The DVD set will be a perfect gift to someone starting in astronomy. <br />

 

[robnissen]

While I agree the DVD makes a nice gift, Cosmos is now very dated. No dark energy, no extra solar planets, and a much lesser understanding of dark matter. Astronomy is moving very quickly these days.

 

[ashish27]

i don't know if you have noticed this, kids, most of them, are all naturally interested in space. Something happens between the ages of 12 to 16 and they are no more interested in either astronomy or space!<br /><br />Cosmos DVD set may be the only medicine to stop that convertion <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />As for updating the program, I think Planetory Society should give some thought to it

 

[BReif]

Getting my 10 year old nephew a telescope has helped his interest in space ans science, though perhaps only slightly.