Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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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

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