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.
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The Universe Season 1 Episode 14, The Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto, New Planets, New Stars, Old stars. dead stars, Space, Star Trek, boldly go where no man has gone before, the moon, the history channel, ... "The Cosmos" "Carl Sagan" Mercury Ven...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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