• Question: What specifically about Carl Sagan inspired you?

    Asked by Big_C to Darren on 5 Nov 2016.
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      Darren Rhodes answered on 5 Nov 2016:

      Hi there.

      Not only was Carl Sagan a brilliant scientist, but he was a humanist, philosopher and visionary thinker.

      Carl Sagan inspired me to question everything. As a child, I would watch his incredible and milestone series ‘Cosmos’, and be overwhelmed by how huge the universe is, but also how beautiful it is. Given how incomprehensible the size of the universe is, I know we will always have questions to ask about this tiny speck of it that we live on: Earth.

      In the present day, I am still inspired by him. Carl Sagan was researching incredibly complex physics, yet he could communicate really difficult concepts with ease. He allowed the general public to learn scientific concepts and understand the world around us all. This is something I try to do with my work. Science is for everyone – not just scientists.

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