Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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popular science work science documentary series television series

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	popular science work → science documentary series → television series →
aim	to explain the universe to a general audience → to popularize science →
awarded	Emmy Award → Peabody Award →
basedOn	Cosmos (book by Carl Sagan) →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
coWriter	Ann Druyan → Carl Sagan → Steven Soter →
creator	Ann Druyan → Carl Sagan → Steven Soter →
describedAs	landmark science television series →
filmingTechnique	animation → location shooting → visual effects →
firstAired	1980 →
genre	educational television → science documentary →
hasCompanionBook	Cosmos →
host	Carl Sagan →
influenced	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey → Cosmos: Possible Worlds →
musicBy	Vangelis →
narrator	Carl Sagan →
notableEpisode	Blues for a Red Planet → Encyclopaedia Galactica → Journeys in Space and Time → One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue → The Backbone of Night → The Edge of Forever → The Lives of the Planets → The Lives of the Stars → The Persistence of Memory → The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean → Travellers’ Tales → Who Speaks for Earth? →
numberOfEpisodes	13 →
numberOfSeasons	1 →
openingTheme	Heaven and Hell (Vangelis) →
originalChannel	Public Broadcasting Service →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	PBS →
originalReleaseEnd	1980-12-21 →
originalReleaseStart	1980-09-28 →
presenter	Carl Sagan →
productionCompany	KCET →
runningTimePerEpisode	approximately 60 minutes →
subject	astronomy → cosmology → evolution → history of science → humanity’s place in the universe → origin of life → philosophy of science → space exploration →

Referenced by (51)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ann Druyan → Ann Druyan → Carl Sagan → Carl Sagan ("Cosmos") → Carl Sagan → Carl Sagan ("Cosmos") → Carl Sagan → Carl Sagan Productions → Steven Soter →	notableWork
Blues for a Red Planet ("Cosmos: A Personal Voyage season 1") → Encyclopaedia Galactica → The Backbone of Night → The Edge of Forever → The Lives of the Planets → The Lives of the Stars → Who Speaks for Earth? →	partOf
Blues for a Red Planet → Journeys in Space and Time → One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue → The Lives of the Planets → The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean →	partOfSeries
Cosmos (book) ("Cosmos (TV series)") → Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ("Cosmos (book by Carl Sagan)") → Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey → Cosmos: Possible Worlds →	basedOn
The Backbone of Night → The Edge of Forever → The Lives of the Stars → Who Speaks for Earth? →	series
Cosmos (book) → Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey → Encyclopaedia Galactica →	relatedWork
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue → The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean →	seriesTitle
Ann Druyan →	coCreatorOf
Ann Druyan →	coWriterOf
Steven Soter →	coWrote
Cosmic Calendar →	describedIn
Broca's Brain ("Cosmos") →	followedBy
Who Speaks for Earth? ("Cosmos") →	franchise
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ("Cosmos") →	hasCompanionBook
Cosmos franchise →	hasPart
Cosmos Studios →	inspiredBy
Steven Soter →	knownFor
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean →	openingEpisodeOf
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue ("Cosmos: A Personal Voyage season 1") →	partOfSeason
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey →	predecessor
Journeys in Space and Time →	presentedIn
Carl Sagan Productions →	produced
Carl Sagan →	signatureWork
Heaven and Hell (Vangelis) →	usedIn