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"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 13 -- This is the famous episode on nuclear war in which Dr. Sagan argues that our responsibility for survival is owed not just to ourselves, but also to the cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decode ancient hieroglyphics, and to the largest radio telescope on Earth.
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 11 -- 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.
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Dr. Sagan leads us to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang.
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 9 -- 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.

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9.6/10   2,199 votes
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Ann Druyan (writer)
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28 September 1980 (USA) more
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Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the Universe. full summary
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Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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Happy Carl Sagan Day, Everyone!
 (From doorQ.com. 7 November 2009, 7:21 AM, PST)

Carl Sagan: scientist, author, singer
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A "must" for anyone carrying a throbbing heart. more (28 total)

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Carl Sagan ... Himself - Host (13 episodes, 1980)
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60 min (13 episodes)
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The filming of the series lasted one year during which Carl Sagan and his production team traveled around the world, filming in places like India, Egypt, Italy, Cambodia, France, Alaska, Mexico and USA, among others. more
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Carl Sagan: There are some hundred billion galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars, 1011 x 1011 = 1022, ten billion trillion. In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet... more
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28 out of 29 people found the following review useful.
A "must" for anyone carrying a throbbing heart., 8 March 1999
Author: Matum from Buenos Aires

Such apparently disassociated issues as deciphering hieroglyphics from ancient Egyptians and accompanying the Voyager spacecraft along its planetary tour meet up in these wonderful series. Carl Sagan not only transmits the facts, but also and perhaps most important, his enthusiasm swoops down deeply into the spectator skin.

Sagan (who hosts the series himself) magnificently shows that science is the art of solving Nature's mysteries. Every topic that is encompassed in Cosmos, is shown as so: Beginning in the knot, showing the big efforts that are made to untie it, and the final breath-out of the human mind prevailing over the (previously) unknown. Not only science, but everyday subjects are researched as well, such as astrology or the UFO phenomenon. History also shares a good role in Cosmos.

Overall, the great production and the soundtrack make this series a MUST for everyone carrying a throbbing heart.

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