July 14th, 2009 |
by Alive Mind Education |
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40 years ago today, man walked on the moon. Carl Sagan’s widow, Ann Druyan, comments on where her husband was that momentous day in today’s New York Times, “He was fighting for his life at Massachusetts General Hospital… He saw the Moon landing on television through this haze of anesthesia and painkillers. He had briefed the Apollo astronauts during their training. He always told me of the strangeness of being in this almost dream state and watching this thing he had been thinking about since he was a child and seeing that it was surreal.” In celebration of this event, we’re offering Carl Sagan’s Cosmos at the specially reduced price of $495. The Washington Post calls Cosmos, ” Entertaining, informative and fascinating.” This is the definitive resource for students of astronomy, religion, and philosophy as it crosses boundaries between both science and religion providing one of today’s most profound statements in exploration.
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Synopsis
Cosmos is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science, including Democritus, Hypatia, Kepler, Newton, Huygens, Champollion, Lowell and Humason. Sagan looks at our planet from an extraterrestrial vantage point and sees a blue jewel-like world, inhabited by a lifeform that is just beginning to discover its own unity and to venture into the vast ocean of space. The late Dr. Sagan’s multi Emmy and Peabody Award winning series goes beyond a guided tour through billions of stars and galaxies. Cosmos remains one of the most profound statements in exploration, crossing boundaries between science and religion. Each of the fascinating segments attempts to deepen our understanding of how we got from there to here. Sagan guides us to the farthest reaches of space and takes us back into the history of scientific inquiry, from the ancient library of Alexandria to the NASA probes of our neighboring planets. Special Features include Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan Updates Fotografica Galactica - Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn.
Episode Titles:
1. The Shores Of the Cosmos
2. One Voice In the Cosmic Fugue
3. The Harmony Of the Worlds
4. Heaven and Hell
5. Blues For A Red Planet
6. Travellers’ Tales
7. The Backbone of Night
8. Travels In Space and Time
9. The Lives Of the Stars
10. The Edge Of Forever
11. The Persistence Of Memory
12. Encyclopedia Galactica
13. Who Speaks For Earth?
This remarkable program poses all the big questions and Sagan attempts to answer them, or better yet - asks even bigger ones.
Special Features:
Introduction from Ann Druyan
Carl Sagan Updates
Fotografica Gallactica:
Secrets of the Cosmos revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn & Titan
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Reviews & Awards
Winner of the Emmy and Peabody Awards, 1980
“…legendary…”
-Wired magazine, December 2000
“Who but the guy who wrote the entry on “Life” in the Encyclopedia Britannica could teach us so much about how to live it.”
- Former Vice President, Al Gore
“With terrestrials like Carl, who needs extras?”
- TIME Magazine
“Public television’s remarkable series ‘Cosmos‘…at its long-awaited best- entertaining, informative and fascinating. Mr. Sagan and his associates have escorted their viewers through the universe, exploring the past, present and future in startling, mind-stretching ways. . .’Cosmos is…a Triumph for the American People.’”
- The Washington Post, Dec. 17, 1980.
“That voice - deep and sonorous, given to spiritual fulminations while expressing skepticism about UFO sightings and the like - is what makes ‘Cosmos‘ so watchable today.”
- Jerry Schwartz, The Associated Press |
Product Information
Grade Level: College and University
Subjects: Science, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Astronomy
Copyright: © 2006 First Stripe Productions. All rights reserved.
Set: 7 DVDs
Total Running Time: 13 hours
ISBN-10: 0-9703511-1-9
Educational Prices: (includes Public Performance Rights)
College / University: Regularly $999.00
College / University: Promotional Price $495.00
June 1st, 2009 |
by Alive Mind Education |
published in
Alive Mind E-Mail List, In the News, Newsletters
Dear Alive Mind Education Friends, In recognition of end-of-year budgets, Alive Mind Education will honor all current promotions through August 15th. If you place an order for any of the combinations below by June 15th, we will invoice you for the respective amount but you won’t have to pay until August 15th. Make sure you take advantage of this exclusive opportunity while it lasts. All purchases grant public performance rights.To receive the discount, please submit your purchase order to Andi Dervishi at andi@lorberdigital.com. Best regards, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Alive Mind Education 56 W. 45th St., Suite 805 New York, NY 10036 (212) 398-3112 office (212) 398-3275 fax www.alivemindeducation.com
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