Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was a popular science documentary series for television, released in 1980 by thirteen episodes of an hour about the history and development of the (Western) civilization and science.



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[verbergen]  *1 Background  ==Background[ Edit] == The program was written and presented by the astronomer Carl Sagan, and was a co-production between Sagans own Carl Sagan Productions company and the tv station KCET in Los Angeles. The series was first broadcast in the United States of America (on the public just PBS) and in Japan. This was followed by numerous other countries (in Europe including VRT and ZDF), whereby it can be assumed that a total of one hundred and fifty million tv viewers have seen them. The episodes were punctuated with individual speculative elements of Sagan, who still are very popular especially in the United States. The series is still available, first time on video and dvdtoday. In the summer of 2006, this series sold in America more than before in its history.
 * 2 Episodes
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 Music
 * 5 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
 * 6 external link

A similar television series by the BBC, The Ascent of Man was earlier (1973) by the science and cultural philosopher Jacob Bammi produced and this is referred to by some[source? ] better judged than Sagans series which by critics[citation needed ] as to popular is seen with several scientifically irresponsible speculation. ==Episodes[ Edit] == ==Trivia[ Edit] == <p lang="en" len="942" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Watch TV were In Netherlands (with Wubbo Ockels) or wonderful world (with Chriet Titulaer) similar series but then focused on current new technologies, inventions and ' gadgets '. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The soundtrack of the series was provided with many carefully selected fragments of music, ranging from classical ( Vivaldi,Bach, Pachelbel, Shostakovich) about folk music (Japanese flute, Bulgarian shepherds song ...) to electronic music by Vangelis. At the request of numerous viewers in the United States was a selection of the music released on lp and cassette, later also music on cd. The title States: The Music of Cosmos.Selections from the score of the PBS television series Cosmos by Carl Sagan (RCA LP 5032). ==Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In March 2014 is referred to by Fox and National Geographic Channel a re-edited version of the tv series broadcast in 1980 under the name Cosmos Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. It was created with the cooperation of the widow of Sagan and Ann Druyan is presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
 * 1) The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean (The shores of the cosmic Ocean) -on board the "Spaceship of the Imagination" start the journey along quasars, explodinggalaxies, star clusters, supernovas and pulsars. After returning to our own solar system is visited the library of Alexandria, the seat of all knowledge on Earth 2000 years ago.
 * 2) One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue (One voice in the cosmic Fugue) -knowledge of 15 million years, evolutionof microbe to people, can help us to speculate on other life forms elsewhere in the Cosmos.
 * 3) The Harmony Of The Worlds (The harmony of the worlds) -historical re-creation of Johannes Kepler, the ' last ' scientific astrologer and the ' first ' modern astronomer.
 * 4) Heaven And Hell (Heaven and hell) -after a descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus follows an investigation of the surface of the planet, the greenhouse effect on Earth possible until an equal situation?
 * 5) Blues For A Red Planet (Blues for a red planet) -Is there life on Mars? Two, launched in 1975 , Vikingspacecraft, searching for answers on the red planet.
 * 6) Travellers ' Tales (Stories of travellers) -the search for wealth and knowledge of the 17th-century Dutch (commercial) travellers is compared with the Voyager- Jupiterand Saturn expeditions to.
 * 7) The Backbone Of Night (The backbone of the night) -Ever thought that the star campfires in the sky and the milky way were "the backbone of the night". What are stars? A question we still set.
 * 8) Travels In Space And Time (Travel in space and time) -how galaxies change over millions of years time and the possibilities to be able to time travel.
 * 9) The Lives Of The Stars (The life of stars) - computer animations Through the birth, life and death of stars (which may lead to neutron stars or black holes) depicted.
 * 10) The Edge Of Forever " (The edge of eternity) -from the Big Bang to the discovery of an expanding universe.
 * 11) The Persistence Of Memory (The persistence of memory) -How genes, the brain and information books, for the benefit of the human survive, save. This through research to another intelligent being on Earth, thewhale.
 * 12) Encyclopedia Galactica (Encyclopedia Galactica) -alien intelligences Exist? How can we communicate with them? With the help of the largest radio telescopes on Earth and deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphicsis searched for answers.
 * 13) Who Speaks For Earth? (Who speaks on behalf of the Earth?) -Plea to life to nurture and to prosecute ' our ' trip to the cosmos.