Alexander Hayes, associate professor of astronomy and director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and the Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility.

Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering and.

Toby Ault, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and chair of astronomy Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the institute and associate professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences.The five Cornell “Cosmos” advisers are all members of the interdisciplinary Carl Sagan Institute: Not many books can include a reference to a mathematical proof as an appendix which actually provides enjoyment.I heartily recommend this book especially, to 10 to 14 year olds.Emmy Award-winner Ann Druyan, a board member of the Carl Sagan Institute, serves as a writer, director and executive producer for the series, which was inspired by her late husband, for whom the institute was named. No a bit of it, still a wonderfully approachable introduction to Life the Universe and Everything, told with respect for the readers intelligence and a sense of the awe and sheer enjoyment that can be had in understanding the world we live in which I find infectious. Tempus Fugit.I got the book for Xmas and it still has my name and address and a very short phone number written inside the cover.I was slightly apprehensive about re-reading this book after all these years just in case it disappointed me thanks to a combination of 30 years of scientific progress and the golden light of memory. It was around the time of the Voyager or was it Pioneer pictures of the outer solar system and really made me think about life the universe and everything.I think I saw the last two episodes on a tiny black and white set, equipped with a very poor arial, in the kitchen of a caravan in Cornwall, surrounded by snoring relatives, nearly all of whom are now dead BTW. I can remember watching the TV series when it was first shown on UK TV and being awe-struck.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan