Encyclopaedia Galactica
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"Encyclopaedia Galactica" is a segment from Carl Sagan’s television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" that explores the possibilities of extraterrestrial intelligence and the future of human knowledge in the universe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage episode segment
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television segment → |
| aimsTo |
encourage long-term perspective on human civilization
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popularize scientific thinking about extraterrestrial life → |
| associatedWith |
BBC
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PBS →
surface form: "Public Broadcasting Service"
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| basedOn | scientific research on SETI → |
| contrastsWith | anthropocentric views of the universe → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| depicts |
hypothetical galactic encyclopedia
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imagined records of many civilizations → |
| educationalFocus |
astrobiology
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astronomy → astrophysics → science communication → |
| emphasizes |
cosmic perspective
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responsibility of technological civilizations → scientific skepticism → |
| exploresConcept |
Drake equation
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communication across interstellar distances → galactic-scale knowledge → longevity of technological civilizations → possibility of intelligent alien civilizations → preservation of knowledge over cosmic timescales → |
| genre |
popular science
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science documentary → |
| hasCreator | Carl Sagan → |
| hasPresenter | Carl Sagan → |
| hasTitleLanguage | English → |
| intendedAudience | general public → |
| mainTheme |
SETI
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cosmic communication → extraterrestrial intelligence → future of human knowledge → interstellar messages → search for extraterrestrial life → |
| medium | television → |
| originalLanguage | English → |
| partOf | Cosmos: A Personal Voyage → |
| portrays | humanity as a young civilization in the galaxy → |
| relatedPerson |
Ann Druyan
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Steven Soter → |
| relatedWork |
Contact
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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage → |
| usesDevice |
speculative narrative
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visualizations of alien civilizations → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Encyclopedia Galactica project"
this entity surface form: "Encyclopedia Galactica"