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 Nov 13 2007, 11:20 AM
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I like Dr. Carl Sagan. I am too young to have remembered his time alive (Billions and billions!) but admire his legacy in promoting and popularizing astronomy and science. He was one of the founders of the Planetary Society, worked on the Viking missions, wrote a lot of cool books like Contact, and made brilliant hypothesises about aspects of the solar system, like Titan and Europa have liquid oceans.
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Nov 13 2007, 04:48 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I'm torn between Carl Sagan and Patrick Moore. Carl because... well, he was Carl! and Patrick Moore because, as a Brit, he IS astronomy to me, and has been ever since I was knee-high to a Jawa. Like so many amateur (and probably professional too) astronomers here I was first guided around the heavens by one of Patrick's books; he pointed out where the Orion Nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy were to me, and I never looked back.
But coming in third would have to be an astronomer born in my hometown. His life story is truly incredible, and would make a superb true life film one day. Too long a story to recount here, so if anyone wants to read about Fearon Fallows, they can find my biog of him here... The Rev. Fearon Fallows. -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2007, 04:53 PM
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 Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Patrick Moore.
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Geographer Favorite astronomer? Nov 13 2007, 11:20 AM
ngunn Fred Hoyle - for sheer breadth of vision and refus... Nov 13 2007, 02:54 PM PhilCo126 Another difficult choice, but my favorite astronom... Nov 13 2007, 03:10 PM The Messenger Alex Fillipenko
If you get a chance to hear him l... Nov 13 2007, 05:52 PM dvandorn Percival Lowell. He may have been utterly wrong a... Nov 13 2007, 06:42 PM climber Tycho Brahe. "Look Ma, no hand" oups : n... Nov 13 2007, 08:33 PM nprev Carl's always gonna have a special place in my... Nov 14 2007, 01:03 AM
GregM . Nov 14 2007, 03:01 AM AndyG QUOTE (GregM @ Nov 14 2007, 03:01 AM) Oh ... Nov 14 2007, 09:34 AM NGC3314 I nominate Fritz Zwicky. Essentially discovered da... Nov 14 2007, 03:38 PM Bernard William Herschel,
The first to understand that th... Nov 14 2007, 07:42 PM tty Since Herschel is already taken I'll nominate ... Nov 14 2007, 10:46 PM PhilCo126 Talking about Galileo Galilei, in 2 years time we... Nov 15 2007, 03:43 PM edstrick My favorite Planetary Geologist is Gene Shoemaker ... Nov 16 2007, 09:42 AM jasedm Great question - difficult to answer!
I'm ... Nov 18 2007, 05:54 PM PhilCo126 Talking about Carl Sagan, next week it's alrea... Dec 12 2007, 04:10 PM Phil Stooke jasedm:
"Patrick Moore - His moon maps were ... Dec 12 2007, 05:44 PM jasedm full inline quote removed - Doug
I'm prepared... Dec 18 2007, 07:12 PM rogelio Galileo easily.
He was privileged to be the first... Dec 18 2007, 07:52 PM David Giovanni Schiaparelli. Okay, so he was mistaken a... Dec 19 2007, 12:27 PM J.J. Like a few others, I'll break them down by pro... Dec 22 2007, 11:17 PM PhilCo126 Edwin Hubble on US post stamp:
http://www.usps.com... Mar 9 2008, 04:58 PM Bill Harris Favorite astronomer?
Brian Skiff if alive. E.E.... Mar 15 2008, 07:30 PM imipak For the "unsung giants" category I nomin... Mar 15 2008, 08:55 PM nprev REALLY like all the Sagan stamp designs; I hope th... Mar 17 2008, 02:06 AM ilbasso Shame to make those Sagan stamps $0.41 stamps... Mar 17 2008, 03:30 AM nprev Yeah...I'd say that a Sagan stamp should be wo... Mar 17 2008, 03:39 AM |
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