CARL SAGAN DAY

"Carl Sagan was a Professor of Astronomy and Space Science and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, but most of us know him as a Pulitzer Prize winning author and the creator of COSMOS. That Emmy and Peabody award-winning PBS television series transformed educational television and continues to affect the hearts and minds of over a billion people in over sixty countries." - CFI

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Way to Celebrate

• Host a COSMOS marathon—all 13 episodes are available for free athulu.com.
• Check out Sagan's many books at your local library or bookstore using the thorough listings from WorldCat.org.
• Enjoy the special collection of articles by or about Sagan, previously published in Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
• Listen to Sagan's last public address for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP) as replayed on CFI's podcast, Point of Inquiry:"Wonder and Skepticism."
• Listen to Ann Druyan, writer, producer, and widow of Sagan, discuss life with Carl, his outlook on life, and his famous Gifford Lectures, "The Varieties of Scientific Experience," also on Point of Inquiry.
• Host your own apple pie baking contest (from scratch, of course).
• Dress like Carl for a day!
• Refresh your skeptic skills with a review of Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit.
• Invite your friends over and try to convince them you have a dragon in your garage.
• Take in a star show at your local planetarium.
• At the very least, seek out a dark sky, look UP, and reconnect with the grandeur of the cosmos.