This episode provides an overview of the composition of stars, and their fate in billions of years. Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery - calculating Earth's age of 4.5 billion years. This episode is centered around how science, in particular the work of Clair Patterson in the middle of the 20th century, was able to determine the age of the Earth. The Ship of the Imagination ventures on an epic voyage to the bottom of a dewdrop to explore the universe on the smallest scale and observe exotic life forms invisible to the naked eye. This episode explores the wave theory of light as studied by humankind, noting that light has played an important role in scientific progress, with such early experiments from over 2000 years ago involving the camera obscura by the Chinese philosopher Mozi.Įpisode 06 - Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still The collaboration would result in the publication of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which launched a scientific revolution.įeaturing astronomer William Herschel's observations on the effects of light on time and gravity, this episode explores the nature of the speed of light, electromagnetic waves, gravitational force, and block holes. This episode features the collaboration between Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton in the last part of the 17th century in Cambridge. It describes both artificial selection via selective breeding, using the example of humankind's domestication of wolves into dogs, and natural selection that created species like polar bears.Įpisode 03 - When Knowledge Conquered Fear The episode covers several facets of the origin of life and evolution.
The story of Giordano Bruno is told to explain how humanity has come to view the universe as we do today.Įpisode 02 - Some of the Things that Molecules Do Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to discover Earth's Cosmic Address and its coordinates in space and time.
COSMOS A SPACETIME ODYSSEY SERIES
Including elements such as the "Ship of the Imagination" and the "Cosmic Calendar", but features information updated since the 1980 series along with extensive computer-generated graphics and animation footage augmenting the narration.Įpisode 01 - Standing Up in the Milky Way The series loosely follows the same thirteen-episode format and storytelling approach that the original Cosmos used, The show is produced by Brannon Braga, and Alan Silvestri provides the backing score. Among the executive producers are Seth MacFarlane, whose financial investment was instrumental in bringing the show to broadcast television, and Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow,Ī co-author and co-creator of the original television series. The show is presented byĪstrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who, as a young college student, was inspired by Sagan. This series was developed to bring back the foundation of science to network television at the height of other scientific-based television series and films.
The show is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was presented by Carl Sagan on the Public Broadcasting ServiceĪnd is considered a milestone for scientific documentaries. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series.
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