Journeys in space and time

United States, 1979

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Episode number 8 of Series “Cosmos: a personal voyage”.
In this episode Carl Sagan explores the relationship of space and time. He begins by showing how the shape of the constellations would change over millions of years, as the stars move and evolve, and then launches into a discussion on the speed of light and Einstein’s theory of relativity, concluding with the tantalising possibilities of time travel and parallel universes.

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Credits

director

Adrian Malone

producer

Gregory Andorfer

production company

Polytel International

BBC

Carl Sagan Productions

KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1979

Appears in

Cosmos: a personal voyage

Group of items

Cosmos: a personal voyage

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325330

Language

English

Subject categories

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Light - Speed

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Relativity (Physics)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space and time

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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