In recent history, few television series have drawn my attention like Cosmos, the updated version of Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking 1980 PBS series that brought so many of us so far in understanding the big picture of life in our universe. The National Geographic Channel and Fox teamed-up this year to launch the new 13-part documentary series with astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson filling Mr. Sagan’s shoes. Before the new show’s debut on March 9 of this year, you could see Mr. Tyson everywhere, connecting the dots between the original series and the new one, and blazing the trail for those of us who believe that science and a cosmic perspective are of vital importance as we strive to protect our world together.
Here is a brief excerpt of an interview with Mr. Tyson, courtesy of National Geographic.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “With Cosmos, this version, we’re able to bring a whole tool kit of storytelling cinematics to bear on the science, the history, the culture, and the politics to fill people with a sense of wonder about our universe. It might even impact people spiritually. I mean that with a little s. That’s the reaction some people might feel by gaining the cosmic perspective—seeing that we are just a small part of the vastness of everything. But that can be emotionally fulfilling in a very deep way.”
