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Dec 31, 2014 · 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).
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"The Backbone of Night" November 11, 1980 ( 1980-11-11 ) Carl Sagan teaches students in a classroom in his childhood neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York, which leads into a history of the different mythologies about stars and the gradual revelation of their true nature.
Dec 3, 2013 · The new Cosmos has the subtitle A SpaceTime Odyssey, which is clever, but suggests a far different approach than A Personal Voyage. Will we delve into the personal biography of Neil deGrasse Tyson as part of the show?
The Backbone of Night: Directed by Adrian Malone, David Kennard. With Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík. Carl Sagan looks at the work of ancient Greek scientists and astronomers including Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, and Pythagoras.
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The Backbone of Night is the seventh episode of Cosmos A Personal Voyage. It first aired 9 November 1980 on PBS. Carl Sagan teaches students in a classroom in his childhood home in Brooklyn, New York. This leads into a history of the different mythologies about stars and the gradual revelation...
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 basic question "what are the stars?"
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