If I ever get some time I'll have to write him a letter, I think his grandmother and my grandmother were friends in the Bronx or some such thing. I know my parents have met him.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:18 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53619] Will the new Cosmos be metric? I'm sure many here remember Carl Sagan's Cosmos from a few decades ago. The series used metric almost exclusively, yet it was incredibly well received. Of course it was made around the time when the US was still seriously considering the transition. Fast forward to 2014, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is the new host. While I'm sure he will do a great job - he's essentially the Carl Sagan of our age, I doubt he will use metric to any serious extent. The only book of his I had a chance to read was almost completely USC. Rather than giving a quick intro to the metric system and proceeding from there, he went to great lengths to keep it customary. Moreover, the series is premiering on several networks, one of them being National Geographic, so I'm not holding out much hope. Remek
