Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Episode 07 - The Backbone of Night. Carl Sagan teaches students in a classroom in his childhood home in Brooklyn, New York, which leads into a history of the different mythologies about stars and the gradual revelation of their true nature. In ancient Greece, some philosophers (Aristarchus of Samos, Thales of Miletus, Anaximander, Theodorus of Samos, Empedocles, Democritus) freely pursue scientific knowledge, while others (Plato, Aristotle, and the Pythagoreans) advocate slavery and epistemic secrecy. (from wikipedia.org)
| Episode 07 - The Backbone of Night |
Go to Cosmos: A Personal Voyage Home or watch other episodes: