Carl Sagan talks about the great library of Alexandria. He discusses the great written works which once existed in this library. This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 1, "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean."
Carl Sagan discusses the effects of gravity on light. Sagan also explains what black holes are, and how they distort the space around them. This video is from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 9, "The Lives of Stars."
Atoms, the googol, and the googolplex. Carl Sagan explains how numbers such as one-thousand, one-million, one-billion, and so are expressed in scientific notation. The googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 9, "The Lives of the Stars."
Carl Sagan discusses the curves and warps of space-time. He discusses the possible shapes of space-time. This clip is from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 10, "The Edge of Forever."
Carl Sagan explains the theory of the Big Bang; the creation of the Cosmos. He also goes discusses the process of galactic formation. This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 10, "The Edge of Forever."
Carl Sagan attempts to detect cosmic rays in a lava tube. The Crab Nebula, the supernova which occured in 1054, is discussed. "Neutron star matter weighs about a mountain per teaspoonful." This video is from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 9, "The Lives of Stars."
Carl Sagan discusses what the chemistry of life would be like on other planets; he also discusses the chemistry of life on Earth. This clip is from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 5, "Blues for a Red Planet."
This video is a tribute to both Carl Sagan and the Cosmos. I took various video and music clips from the Cosmos television series and mixed them together. I created this video to pay tribute to perhaps the greatest popularizer of science this world has ever known. Please let me know what you think; thank you.
"The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth." This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 8, "Journeys in Space and Time."