Standing Up in the Milky Way
- Episode aired Mar 9, 2014
- TV-PG
- 44m
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode received criticism accusing the writers of going out of their way to portray the church as opposing science in the segment on Giordano Bruno. The bulk of the segment was devoted to persecution Bruno received for his ideas on the nature of the universe, but the church was almost certainly much more distressed by his teachings on the nature of God and Jesus, which does get passing mention in the episode's depiction of Bruno's trial. He was probably executed more for his theology than his cosmology.
- Quotes
Self - Host: We're about to begin a journey that will take us from the infinitesimal to the infinite, from the dawn of time to the distant future. We'll explore galaxies and suns and worlds, surf the gravity waves of space-time, encounter beings that live in fire and ice, explore the planets of stars that never die, discover atoms as massive as suns and universes smaller than atoms. Cosmos is also a story about us. It's the saga of how wandering bands of hunters and gatherers found their way to the stars, one adventure with many heroes. To make this journey, we'll need imagination. But imagination alone is not enough because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine. This adventure is made possible by generations of searchers strictly adhering to a simple set of rules: test ideas by experiment and observation, build on those ideas that pass the test, reject the ones that fail, follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything. Accept these terms, and the cosmos is yours.
- chino-116-404751
- Mar 11, 2014
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD