Today is the first Carl Sagan Day (www.carlsaganday.com). By coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found after Sagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity and Sagan's identity":
On Nov 7, 12:17 pm, TPiezas <tpie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Today is the firstCarlSaganDay (www.carlsaganday.com). By > coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found afterSagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity > andSagan'sidentity":
> On Nov 7, 12:17 pm, TPiezas <tpie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > Today is the firstCarlSaganDay (www.carlsaganday.com). By > > coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found afterSagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity > > andSagan'sidentity":
> I think he was born November 9, 1934, not November 7.
> His biography, _CarlSagan: A Life_ is reviewed > at bookplaces.info. Go to "What we're reading" > on the menu at the top.
> The site is still under construction, but the review's > there now.
Yes, he was born in Nov. 9. But, as was answered by someone in another newsgroup, it was more convenient to hold Carl Sagan Day on Nov 7 as it is a Saturday and for its activities scheduled (lectures, planetarium display, etc).
Since they are planning for this to be an annual thing, perhaps next year it will be Nov. 6, 2010, Saturday.
Just like the orbit of Mercury, I guess Carl Sagan Day will also have its own precession. ;-)
> On Nov 8, 11:31 pm, Info <i...@bookplaces.info> wrote:
> > On Nov 7, 12:17 pm, TPiezas <tpie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > > Today is the firstCarlSaganDay (www.carlsaganday.com). By > > > coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found afterSagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity > > > andSagan'sidentity":
> > I think he was born November 9, 1934, not November 7.
> > His biography, _CarlSagan: A Life_ is reviewed > > at bookplaces.info. Go to "What we're reading" > > on the menu at the top.
> > The site is still under construction, but the review's > > there now.
> Yes, he was born in Nov. 9. But, as was answered by someone in > another newsgroup, it was more convenient to hold Carl Sagan Day on > Nov 7 as it is a Saturday and for its activities scheduled (lectures, > planetarium display, etc).
> Since they are planning for this to be an annual thing, perhaps next > year it will be Nov. 6, 2010, Saturday.
> Just like the orbit of Mercury, I guess Carl Sagan Day will also have > its own precession. ;-)
> - Titus-
Interesting. Columbus and other figures in American history managed to pull their events off on Mondays.
On Nov 7, 10:17 am, TPiezas <tpie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Today is the first Carl Sagan Day (www.carlsaganday.com). By > coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found after > Sagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity > and Sagan's identity":
> On Nov 7, 10:17 am, TPiezas <tpie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > Today is the first Carl Sagan Day (www.carlsaganday.com). By > > coincidence, last year, I named one mathematical result I found after > > Sagan. This is the link to the article "Ramanujan's 6-10-8 Identity > > and Sagan's identity":
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