WhenNeil deGrasse Tysonwas applying to college , Carl Saganwent out of his way to make the budding astrophysicist feel specially at home at Cornell University , where he instruct . Mike Tyson would in the end attend Harvard , but not before writingthis letterto Sagan explaining his conclusion .
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Michael Gerald Tyson remembers his first meeting with Sagan lovingly . If you ’ve never seen it , his relation of the fundamental interaction is definitely worth a watch . The thought of two giant in the earth of scientific discipline communicating interact with one another , one securely established , the other just set off out , the pair sort out by a generation but bounce by their love for the Universe , is enough to warm up even the iciest of hearts . When the rebooted Cosmos television series – the original - running of which now being over 30 years old – premieres this March , it will be Tyson who keep Sagan ’s legacy as the show ’s master of ceremonies . One is hard pressed to ideate a more fitting successor .
https://gizmodo.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-recounts-his-first-meeting-with-car-5845656
https://gizmodo.com/new-cosmos-trailer-shows-how-carl-sagans-series-has-go-1512368734
This varsity letter hails from The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive , which was lately acquired by the Library of Congress . The LoC has commence cataloging the collecting and post digitized versions of its contents to the library ’s website . Check it out here .
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