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5 unusual facts about cosmos


Attar of Nishapur

Notably, jazz bassist David Holland's album, which was written as a metaphor for his own enlightenment, and Om's Conference of the Birds, which deals with extremely esoteric themes often connected with metaphors of flight, inward vision, destruction of self, and oneness with the cosmos

CoSMoS

An example of theoretical contribution consists of investigators showing that emergent properties do not refine

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey

Following Sagan's death in 1996, his widow Ann Druyan, the co-creator of the original Cosmos series along with Steven Soter, a producer from the series, and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, sought to create a new version of the series, aimed to appeal to as wide an audience as possible and not just to those interested in the sciences.

Cosmos: War of the Planets

The blue orb that separates them has the same geometric shape as the Death Star in the Star Wars series.

War of the Planets

Cosmos: War of the Planets (original title: Anno Zero Guerra Nello Spazio / Year Zero: War in Space), an Italian science fiction film from 1977, directed by Alfonso Brescia


Adolph Strauch

After reading Cosmos by Alexander von Humboldt, with its depictions of grave gardens in China, Strauch was inspired to go about implementing similar plans in the United States.

Allan Sandage

Dennis Overbye, Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: the story of the scientific quest for the secret of the Universe, HarperCollins 1991, Back Bay (with new afterword), 1999.

Ami Yoshida

She has collaborated with a number of other musicians, among them Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M (with whom she performs as Cosmos) and Utah Kawasaki (with whom she makes up Astro Twin).

Amor De Cosmos

In 1854, Smith successfully petitioned the California State Assembly to have his name changed to "Amor De Cosmos" (inaccurately translated as "Lover of the Universe"), to pay tribute, as he said, "to what I love most...Love of order, beauty, the world, the universal."

Battle of Dan-no-ura

In his book and television series Cosmos, Carl Sagan presents a brief, dramatic account of the battle in chapter/episode 2; "One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue".

Carl Sagan Memorial Award

The Carl Sagan Memorial Award is an award presented jointly by the American Astronautical Society and The Planetary Society to an individual or group "who has demonstrated leadership in research or policies advancing exploration of the Cosmos."

Carlos Alberto Torres

He arrived on the day of the New York City blackout where he was reunited with his friend and partner Pelé and helped the Cosmos capture two consecutive NASL titles in 1977 and 1978.

Chiefdom

In Southeast Asian history up to the early 19th century, the metaphysical view of the cosmos called the mandala (i.e., circle) is used to describe a Southeast Asian political model, which in turn describes the diffuse patterns of political power distributed among Mueang (principalities) where circles of influence were more important than central power.

Cosmos High School

Cosmos opened its doors on 17 January 1989 and was officially inaugurated on 30 May 1990 by the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob.

Dans une galaxie près de chez vous

Patrouille du cosmos (Space Patrol) is the Quebec French language title of Star Trek (France knows it by its original title); Vadrouille de l'espace basically translates to Space Mop.

Darryl Gee

On September 28, 1982, the Cosmos played a farewell match against Brazilian club Flamengo in honor of Cosmos and Flamengo great Carlos Alberto.

Diane Ackerman

Among the members of her dissertation committee was Carl Sagan, an astronomer and the originator of the Cosmos television series.

Dirk W. Mosig

His article "H. P. Lovecraft: Myth Maker" (1976) takes issue with August Derleth's interpretation of Lovecraft's work and emphasises the latter's vision of an amoral cosmos in which humanity has little significance.

Ernst Barthel

From this geometry he derived a new cosmology with the theory of a Great Earth, which states that the Earth is a maximal sphere in a cyclical space and its surface therefore a total plane, the equator plane of the Cosmos.

Frederick Seidel

His collection, The Cosmos Poems, was commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History to celebrate the opening of the new Hayden Planetarium in 2000, and he won the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry in 2002.

Garry Ayre

With the Cosmos, Ayre played in Soccer Bowl '78 as a substitute as well as a tour of Europe in the fall of 1978, where the team played against Red Star Belgrade, AEK Athens, Atlético Madrid, Galatasaray and Chelsea.

Gender of God

Hinduism, especially of the Samkhya school, views the creation of the cosmos as the result of the play of two radically distinct principles: the feminine matter (Prakriti) and the masculine spirit (Purusha).

George Vari

Vari made his fortune in international real estate development, building Paris' Tour Montparnasse, six of the pavilions at Expo 1967 in Montreal, and Moscow's Hotel Cosmos.

Googolplex

In the PBS science program Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Episode 9: "The Lives of the Stars", astronomer and television personality Carl Sagan estimated that writing a googolplex in standard form (i.e., "10,000,000,000...") would be physically impossible, since doing so would require more space than is available in the known universe.

Gordon Bradley

He both played and coached the Cosmos through the end of the 1975 season when he was fired after a 10-12 season and replaced by Ken Furphy.

While he took the Cosmos to the 1972 NASL championship, he had two losing seasons in 1974 and 1975 and was fired at the end of the season and replaced by Ken Furphy.

Gretchen Daily

Daily has received numerous awards and honors throughout her academic career, including the 21st Century Scientist Award (2000), The Sophie Prize (2008), The International Cosmos Prize (2009), The Heinz Award (2010), the The Midori Prize (2010) and the Volvo Environment Prize (2012).

I Am the Cosmos

"I Am the Cosmos" has been played live by Big Star, Beck, The Posies, Gigolo Aunts, The Jayhawks and The Drams, and has also been covered by This Mortal Coil, together with a version of "You and Your Sister".

Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn recorded "I Am the Cosmos" for their 2009 album Break Up.

Jazirian

Together they established the fundamental principles of the planes: the Unity of Rings, the Rule of Threes, and the Center of All, creating the ring-shape of the cosmos, the triads that dominate it, and the plane of neutrality called the Concordant Opposition or the Outlands.

Jia Yu Channel

70% of the content is from Guangdong Television (GDTV) in China and Hong Kong, while the remaining is a source from Cosmos Discovery Sdn Bhd, a local production company.

K. H. Ting

Influenced greatly by the thinking of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and process theology, Ting's Cosmic Christ attempts to teach (1) that the whole cosmos is Christ's domain and (2) that God must be understood in terms of the love of Jesus, as seen throughout the four Gospels.

Leo J. Enright

In 2008 he shared in a Thea Award for his work as science advisor on "Cosmos at the Castle", an interactive exhibition at Blackrock Castle Observatory exploring extreme life on earth and in space.

ManyOne Networks

One Cosmos was a partnership between Joe Firmage, an Internet entrepreneur, Web visionary, and former CEO of USWeb, a $3B company at its peak, and Ann Druyan, a science writer and widow of astronomer Carl Sagan, who co-wrote the PBS series Cosmos with Sagan and later co-produced the 1997 film Contact, starring Jodie Foster.

Meteosat

The satellites were manufactured by a consortium COSMOS, with Aérospatiale in its Cannes Mandelieu Space Centre, as Prime, and included Matra, MBB, Selenia Spazio, Marconi Company.

Obeah and Wanga

:Magick ceremonies proper are merely organized and concentrated attempts to impose our Will on certain parts of the Cosmos.

Raistlin Majere

The Swedish band Lake of Tears recorded a song called "Raistlin and the Rose" for its 1997 album Crimson Cosmos.

Religion in ancient Rome

Prodigies were transgressions in the natural, predictable order of the cosmos – signs of divine anger that portended conflict and misfortune.

Richard A. Lovett

His science fiction stories have also appeared in Nature, Cosmos, Abyss and Apex, Esli (Russian translation), Running Times, and Marathon & Beyond.

Roger Revelle

When Gore was running for the vice-presidential nomination in 1992, The New Republic picked up on the contrast between the references to Revelle in Gore's book, Earth in the Balance, and the views in the Cosmos article that could now be attributed to Revelle.

Special creation

In The Mystery of Life's Origin, Charles B. Thaxton argues for "Special Creation by a Creator beyond the Cosmos", and asserts that special creation holds "that the source that produced life was intelligent".

Stars proposed in religion

Religious cosmology, a way of explaining the origin, the history and the evolution of the cosmos or universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition

Sulfonyl halide

In the episode "Encyclopedia Galactica" of his TV series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Carl Sagan speculates that some intelligent extraterrestrial beings might have a genetic code based on polyaromatic sulfonyl halides instead of DNA.

Tehnoton

By 1989 it became one of the major Romanian manufacturers of radio tuners (with widely known producs such as "Gloria" and "Cosmos"), Compact Cassette players, and record players, which it also exported to France, Japan, and the United States.

Thanasis Lightbridge

He is also in the band Dol Theeta and currently resides in Thessaloniki, Greece where he maintains a recording studio named "Cosmos".

Tina Kover

Her published works include the Modern Library translation of Georges by Alexandre Dumas père, The Black City by George Sand for Carroll & Graf Publishers, and Cosmos Incorporated and Grand Junction by Maurice G. Dantec for Del Rey Books.

Uta Sagashi: Request Cover Album

"Cosmos," "Jidai" and "Nagoriyuki" are standards from the '70s (popularised by Momoe Yamaguchi, Miyuki Nakajima and Iruka respectively).

Vintersorg

In the Cosmic Genesis booklet, Vintersorg extends thanks to Dr. Carl Sagan, author of the book Cosmos.

Wipeout Pure: The Official Soundtrack

The game (see Wipeout Pure music tracks) included songs by Tiësto, Plump DJs, Cosmos, T Power and Röyksopp that on the album were replaced by three previously unreleased tracks, numbers 17-19 below.

Zevs Cosmos

During this time, Cosmos would often be seen teaching his ideas about nudism on street corners in Ames, Iowa City, and Des Moines, Iowa.

"Zevs Cosmos" appeared at Iowa State University around 1982, often preaching on central campus, sometimes drawing crowds away from "Brother Jed Smock", another traveling evangelistic preacher who also made regular appearances on campus.


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