In the course of 13 fascinating hours, Cosmos spans its own galaxy of topics to serve Sagan's theme, each segment deepening our understanding of how we got from there (simple microbes in the primordial mud) to here (space-faring civilization in the 21st century). In his "ship of the imagination," Sagan guides us to the farthest reaches of space and takes us back into the history of scientific inquiry, from the ancient library of Alexandria to the NASA probes of our neighboring planets. Upon this vast canvas Sagan presents the "cosmic calendar," placing the 15-billion-year history of the universe into an accessible one-year framework, then filling it with a stunning chronology of events, both interstellar and earthbound.
From the lives of the stars, to creation theories, functions of the human brain, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Cosmos asks big questions. When appropriate, Sagan offers big answers, or asks still bigger--and yes, even spiritual--questions at the boundaries of science and religion. What's most remarkable about Cosmos is that it remains almost entirely fresh, with few updates needed to the science that Sagan so passionately celebrates. It is no exaggeration to say that Cosmos--for all the debate it may continue to provoke--is a vital document for humanity at a pivotal crossroads of our history.
Episode 1: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
Episode 2: One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
Episode 3: The Harmony of the Worlds
Episode 4: Heaven and Hell
Episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet
Episode 6: Travellers' Tales
Episode 7: The Backbone of Night
Episode 8: Journeys in Space and Time
Episode 9: The Lives of the Stars
Episode 10: The Edge of Forever
Episode 11: The Persistence of Memory
Episode 12: Encyclopaedia Galactica
Episode 13: Who Speaks for Earth?
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9 comments:
This is the greatest series I have ever seen. I´ve only seen the first 3 episoodes and it has already inspired and amazed me. If you want to upload the episode "heaven and hell", you could go to YouTube to a user called "Fword22madre". Apart from all the episodes of the Cosmos series including heaven and hell, he also has some other documentaries including all the 100 episodes of the funny docu series "Bill Nye the Science guy". Also he identified himself as a devout atheist. Other option: user "Zuke696" or search the episode on google video search or YouTube. What I like most about this series is that Sagan talks it with such a beautiful and maybe even poetic voice combined with that great classical music and it may be a very rare series which can educate, inspire and charm or fascinate someone who is watching it. I sometimes nearly cried when I saw this for the first time. We will miss you Carl Sagan (1934-1996).
Part 4 is on Youtube overhere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js5bpuQDDO0&feature=PlayList&p=71F336998AD6B7BA&index=18
(six parts)
greetings MazAlien
Thanks for you help on episode 4 - I don't like to post the YT 10 minute segments, but when faced with no viable alternative...that's all I can do.
Im starting to wonder if someone at google video is waching this site, vids are getting taken down in record time :(
still love the site though
All of the links for this series are working fine. If you ever find that a link is not working, try refreshing the page before giving up...the video links sometimes miss their link and need to be refreshed.
oh wow, thanks for the tip!
Absolutely essential and classic! Thanks for posting. My eighth grade science teacher had us watch the episode titled "The Lives of Stars" and it freakin' altered my thinking and increased my interest in science from that point on exponentially. I love the opening line... "To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
Starting from Episode 9 the video's are no longer available :(
Mm, apparantly you can load about two episodes at a time right now, just refresh the page after that and start loading the next episodes.
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