Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Gravity in Wonderland

Carl Sagan - Ep 9 - Gravity in Wonderland
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[@wRongPaulSucksAss12]

"Ive been to a couple of parties like that myself". He must have been stoned out of this world!

[@dbernhar]

I show Sagan's clips in my middle school science class pretty regularly, with great reception. His genius is his amazing ability to know at the highest realms of math and science, and yet captivate the creativity and energy of the youth with his teaching. I hope I can become as good a teacher as he was. We miss you, Carl!

[@robadams8057]

I too enjoyed the way in which he brought complex concepts to a simple level.

[@KenArrari]

There's always this stigma that scientists have to be cold and unemotional, and yet, you never see that to be true. Scientists, particularly Astronomers, practically double as poets. Especially people like Sagan. Every time I hear this guy talk about science, I just get this warm fuzzy feeling, and I can't help but feel love the universe and everything in it.

[@fun1k]

I am just watching the Cosmos episode and, having read Alice in Wonderland, I love Sagan even more. "Curiouser and curiouser!" It's almost embarrasingly pleasant, and I catch myself saying "Oh, you!"

[@ultimativerHexer]

I saw that in a book, when I was younger. there, the rabbit, the hatter and alice were'nt put away. The high gravity crushed them so that they became a part of the ground. THe trees started breaking to pieces (the cat still floating in the air uneffected). In the end even the light was bend (but the cat still did'nt care)...

[@cotchery]

"I've been to a couple of parties like that myself." Ha!

[@Scriven42]

I wish I could have partied with Dr Sagan and his crew back in the day, damn. #RainingTea

[@PsionNinja]

it's great how the Cheshire cat gets away with hyper-gravity...

[@samuelward1912]

I wish everyone was carl sagan... what a wonderful human being.

[@JayTee78NIN]

Listening to Sagan speak is very inspiring and calming. No one can replace him to fill the void he left behind. I was very happy to see Tyson recreate Cosmos for the next generation. I hope Cosmos becomes a reoccurring series recreated every so many years and updated for the next generation of astronomers and critical thinkers to enjoy and be inspired.

[@robadams8057]

It's hard to imagine Carl Sagan at the kind of party where the possibility exists for a precipitation of tea.

[@Xeno455]

@astronivo20XX we watched one of his videos about the galactic calender.

[@CrossoverManiac]

That can't be 10× gravity. Fighter jets and their pilots experience that amount in G-forces (according to relativity, the forces from a 10-G turn and 10× Earth gravity is the same thing). The planet's gravity is far higher than that. According the book Cosmos by Carl Sagan, rocks are crushed under their own weight at 100,000 × Earth gravity. Yes a hollow metal can is more fragile than a rock but it weighs far less. Then again, it tossed out of the gravity "shield" and was falling so that could be the reault of impact. Still that should be at least thousands of times stronger than Earth gravity.

[@HUTINAK]

I've been to a couple of parties like that, myself,,,,,Yaaa Carl

[@gpq21]

@googoo120 15 years. People like him are so rare and important that their absence is counted.

[@gaaramonkeyx]

I love it when Carl Sagan ostentatiously brandishes his grandiloquence through bombastic circumlocution.

[@arglesflargle]

Bruce springsteen needs to get a new nickname because carl sagan is now the boss

[@ElNerdoLoco]

@frankyh101: Carl Sagan's Cosmos. If you go to Hulu and search Cosmos, you will find the entire series. One of the most thought provoking and awe inspiring shows you will find despite it's age.

[@kitchenaut]

@nthomas87 Read his remarks on cannabis on his Wikiquotes page. I don't think he could be a killjoy with the sensible attitude he showed to cannabis.

[@kumaresanboopalan9418]

Love you Carl...Ur voice attractive verrrrrrrryyyyyy much...

[@parkerlovesmusic]

************* O ************* Is that ^^^^by convenience too or are they really on the same plane? cause im pretty sure they are on different lines unless your talking about planes of existence or dimensions your crazy

[@Driven2Beers]

I was 16 when I watched this show. I was into Dungeons and Dragons,

[@dontquestionmyname5490]

Anybody know what is the classical song that plays in the background ?

[@KenArrari]

Basically, what I'm saying is that Astronomers are better at logic AND creativity. Suck it, other disciplines.

[@wellthatisgr8]

Carl Segan rules.

[@elicurlee-strauss7339]

what kinda party gets you floating in the air? ;)

[@sayrith]

stay classy, sagan

[@Blockistium]

I hate how these are all cut off.

[@Squiglypig]

Every single map of the universe or galaxy that you see shows the stars as being level. It's only because of convinience and logic that it's like that. Look at subway maps. They're made so they're logical instead of showing the exact route through the city (which is called creative).

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

@parkerlovesmusic but space-time is three dimensional.. the stars are sitting at the centre of their gravity in not just 2 dimensions as you see in his example, but along a third dimension up and down (if you can picture that). Think of it as a giant 3-d grid, with the stars sitting in their hollow and attracting through their gravity from *every* direction.

[@rickey5353]

Image of Chuck Norris in spinning back kick spotted within Black holes.

[@frankyh101]

witch series is this?

[@MrVonStauffenberg]

can anybody tell me what is the background music from 0:30 - 2:00. Sounds nice. Is it Vangelis?

[@josephm6770]

I'm looking for this piece too. No luck so far.

[@dontquestionmyname5490]

me too, no luck

[@Saganswrld2190]

I wuv

[@vect0rwolf]

Its true, man.

[@adric137]

this is freaky

[@Gunganfan]

@gaaramonkeyx For those of you wondering, he just said he likes it when Carl shows off his IQ by using big words.

[@Robotfan987]

Wish it cou|d have continued, but that really is just very cool.

[@Evnyofdeath]

I was going to go to bed. And then a Sagan video popped up in the sidebar. I'm gonna be up all night.

[@marksusskind1260]

Cheshire Cat got her special dispensation because she's a phantasm. E)

[@davidkolo]

same here, went and downloaded the entire series, might buy the dvd later this week

[@idiotwn]

is it just me or i think that the cheshire cat here looks really kawaii....

[@Squiglypig]

When you talk about a "level plane" are you talking about dimensions?

[@just4fun620]

Try looking into Confucius. He did it about 2500 years ago.

[@MrWheel008]

@KenArrari Mathematicians are the best at logic.

[@crespoo0]

only Goku would resist so many G's

[@nthomas87]

@cotchery -- Can you imagine what Mr. Sagan would be like at a party!? Oh my God! Either a mood killer, or that awkward guy that makes the whole party worthwhile hahahah! (I don't mean that demeaningly.... But, really, though. Think about it haha)

[@RagsGod]

@googoo120 eloquent; ftfy

[@MrVonStauffenberg]

110% correct.

[@grandtheftautocj]

eloquent*

[@parkerlovesmusic]

if you believe this then you would also have to believe that everything in the universe is on a level plane which we know isnt true look at the stars in the sky this guy is just crazy

[@marsmusic2475]

💙

[@TheBeeFart]

@frankyh101 Cosmos