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Prof. Carl Sagan

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Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking. Tweets about Scientific Wonder, Skepticism, Critical thinking and Carl Sagan's Legacy.

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part, 1980–81 television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, and directed…

ProfCarlSagan's tweet image. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part, 1980–81 television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, and directed…

Dan Plane, Head of Demo at the Ri, puts the flammable properties of hydrogen into action to entertain and educate audiences, often as part of the famous Christmas Lectures, highlighting its status as "flammable air" while emphasizing science communication. ( 🎥 @Ri_Science )


Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.


The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.


He who is intelligent does not seek to impress, but to understand.


One who believes in himself has no need to convince others. - Lao Tzu


The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.


The most enjoyable part of science is doing it. It is sometimes very hard, sometimes very frustrating but extremely rewarding when you suddenly understand something. - Kip Throne

ProfCarlSagan's tweet image. The most enjoyable part of science is doing it. It is sometimes very hard, sometimes very frustrating but extremely rewarding when you suddenly understand something.

- Kip Throne

In 1977 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Carl Sagan described the surface of Venus as a "planetary Hell". He was the first to propose that its conditions were the result of a runaway greenhouse effect, which turned what many had imagined to be a tropical swamp into an…


Teach your children that not knowing is not failure. It's the first step to understanding.


It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it.


There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right.


Failure is an incredible learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It is the first step to understanding.


When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him…

ProfCarlSagan's tweet image. When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife.

They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him…

It's been a 29 years...

As our thoughts turn to Carl Sagan on the 29th anniversary of his death, let’s remember the words, more apt than ever, from an essay that he and Ann Druyan wrote in 1988, addressed to newly elected President George H. W. Bush entitled “Give Us Hope.”  “Let's stop talking about…

carlsagandotcom's tweet image. As our thoughts turn to Carl Sagan on the 29th anniversary of his death, let’s remember the words, more apt than ever, from an essay that he and Ann Druyan wrote in 1988, addressed to newly elected President George H. W. Bush entitled “Give Us Hope.” 

“Let's stop talking about…


Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.


Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.


Stephen Fry responds to a Question; What would he say if he met the God at the Gate?


Teach your children how to think, not what to think.


When a child asks 'why?'... that's the moment to encourage, not to discourage.


My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists. - Nikola Tesla

ProfCarlSagan's tweet image. My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

-  Nikola Tesla

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