On Tuesday, November 12th, the Einstein Fellows were honored to be among the invited guests at the Celebration of Carl Sagan. This amazing celebration commemorated Seth MacFarlane's gift of Carl Sagan's and Ann Druyan's papers to the Library of Congress.
The celebration began with remarks from the Librarian of Congress, James Billington.
Then came comments from Seth MacFarlane himself. You may recognize him as creator of Family Guy. His best joke of the afternoon was the recognition of the fact that we all evolved from Robin Williams. He also spoke of his collaboration with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan in producing a new
Cosmos series on Fox.
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| He had amazing hair... |
Then came presentations and tributes from friends, colleagues, and students of Carl Sagan. I must admit, it was incredibly humbling to be in the same room as these incredible scientists. And each of them spoke, in very loving terms, of how Carl Sagan had influenced their lives and their careers.
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| Christopher Chiba, professor of astrophysics at Princeton |
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John Holdren,director of the White House
Office of Science and Technology |
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| David Morrison, SETI |
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| Bill Nye |
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| Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Science |
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Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University
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| Carolyn Porco, lead of Cassini imaging team |
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| Official release of the Cassini Pale Blue Dot 2013 image |
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| That dot is Earth! |
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| Steven Soter, American Museum of Natural History |
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| A letter from Carl Sagan to Kip Thorne, thanking him for his help with Contact |
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson |
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| Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan |
The best part of the celebration? I got to be there!
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