“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch…
…you must first invent the universe.” -Carl Sagan
The time between posts here is an unfortunate side-effect of having to study like mad for the archaeology course I’m doing that is rapidly coming to an end, and numerous projects I’m either doing or starting. Never enough time in the day — particularly when you have to work a day job and maintain a social life, too.
And I’m trying not to just fill the posts with random gibberish or “cool stuff wot I found on the internets” — unless you’re okay with that? (Seriously, please let me know).
So, doing just that I thought I’d take a moment to post something to do with my hero, Carl Sagan. YouTube is a wonderful medium not only for the inevitable popular (and normally copyright-infringing) snippets from popular films and TV shows, but also for historical pieces that are hard to get and for mashups and other creative exercises.
And this is one of the latter — a brilliant homage to Carl Sagan featuring none other than his brilliant British counterpart, Stephen W. Hawking:
Carl Sagan – A Glorious Dawn (feat. Stephen Hawking)
It’s just amazing, isn’t it? Maybe I’m just a big girl’s blouse, but I’m not ashamed to admit it brought a tear to my eye.
I can only convey my appreciation to the tribute’s creator, melodysheep, and recommend that you check out his website, Colorpulse.
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Fantastic clip mate
I just came across this and thought you might like to watch it (although you possibly already have): The Hawking Paradox – Horizon.
Nothing like some deep thinking to get the brain ticking over!
[Edited to tidy up the link -Jumile]
I hadn’t seen it, but I’ve just watched it. Brilliant!
Weirdly, I had no idea that Hawking was behind much of what I’d been taught about blackholes, let alone that the multiverse idea that accounts for the lost “information” (matter?) problem was his, either. I only did a couple of units of university physics, so I suppose I never got to the point where they compare and contrast differing theories. It was hard enough to learn the generally accepted ones.