Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

1980 1 Seasons ⭐ 8.649
Documentary

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

Seasons

1. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean

1980-09-28 • ⭐ 8.154

At the beginning of this cosmic journey across space and time, Dr. Carl Sagan takes us to the edge of the universe aboard a spaceship of the imagination. Through beautiful special…

2. One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue

1980-10-05 • ⭐ 8.3

Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. We see the evolutionary process unfold, …

3. Harmony of the Worlds

1980-10-12 • ⭐ 7.8

This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the author of the first science fiction no…

4. Heaven and Hell

1980-10-19 • ⭐ 8.1

A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse eff…

5. Blues for a Red Planet

1980-10-26 • ⭐ 8.4

Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking sp…

6. Travellers' Tales

1980-11-02 • ⭐ 8.4

Dr. Sagan compares the exhilaration of 17th-century Dutch explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to an inside vi…

7. The Backbone of Night

1980-11-09 • ⭐ 8.1

Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night." In this fascinating segment Dr. Sagan takes us back to ancient Greece, when the…

8. Journeys in Space and Time

1980-11-16 • ⭐ 8.4

A voyage to see how star patterns change over millions of years is followed by a journey to the planets of other stars, and a look at the possibility of time travel. This takes u…

9. The Lives of the Stars

1980-11-23 • ⭐ 8.0

Using computer animation and amazing astronomical art, Dr. Sagan shows how stars are born, live, die and sometimes collapse to form neutron stars or black holes. We then journey …

10. The Edge of Forever

1980-11-30 • ⭐ 8.4

Dr. Sagan leads us on some awesome trips — to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, to India to explore the infinite cycles of Hindu cosmology, and to show how humans of th…

11. The Persistence of Memory

1980-12-07 • ⭐ 8.0

The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales. Then we…

12. Encyclopedia Galactica

1980-12-14 • ⭐ 8.0

Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? What about UFOs? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decode ancient hieroglyphics, to the largest…

13. Who Speaks for Earth?

1980-12-21 • ⭐ 8.2

Through the use of special effects we retrace the 15-billion-year journey from the big bang to the present. We also hear the tragic story of the martyrdom of Hypatia, the woman sc…

Top Cast

Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan

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