Letters, Nov. 10, 1980

Heavenly Host

To the Editors:

To the wasteland of TV comes Carl and his Cosmos [Oct. 20]. I watch, spellbound. If it takes a dash of razzle-dazzle to make us turn starward, to spark feelings of awe, enthusiasm and even love as we consider the universe, then more power to Showmaster Sagan.

Suzanne Vannell

Troy, Mich.

I wonder if Carl Sagan lives in outer space. He talks about distances between galaxies, stars, planets, as if he commutes between them. He is a genius. He is to astronomy what Einstein is to physics and what Pythagoras...

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