Cosmos by Carl Sagan (Episode 1)

Today let's look back to one of the most popular and classic science documentaries of all time - Cosmos with Carl Sagan. But firstly let's look at some history behind this charming documentary.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steve Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It covered a wide range of scientific themes, including the origin of life and our place in the universe.

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Ever since 1978 when Cosmos was produced it became famous for groundbreaking special effects and memorable soundtracks (including music by Vangelis). However, the real show stealer was Carl Sagan, who is one of only a few scientists who were truly popular outside the world of science. He was a truly amazing scholar who had an extraordinary passion for science and a talent to pass it to the wide audience.

The show had 13 episodes covering a variety of subjects including planets, stars, universe formation, science in our society, evolution and others.

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Richard Feynman - No Ordinary Genius

Richard Phillips Feynman  was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics and theoretical physics in general, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

Throughout his life Feynman became one of the most famous scientist. Besides being a great theoretical physicist, he was also a celebrity due to his unique charisma and an ability to explain complicated physics concepts to simple people. 

Here we have another great Horizon documentary, which is dedicated to the life and scientific achievements of Richard Feynman. Enjoy!

Thanks for SevenSevenSevenaka for uploading this!

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Watch Through the Wormhole Online

So as you might have already noticed I'm a fan of the Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman series. It's a really great TV show that focuses on various intriguing problems. But what if you like this show but don't have a TV or you can't watch Discovery or Science channels?

Well luckily these days almost every great show can be watched online. So I dug up some places where you can watch this great show online for free. Plus I added a preview of the first episode, which can be found on Youtube.

The links are bellow, but be sure to support the developers of the show and buy the DVD if you really enjoy the show ;]

Links to season 1 and 2 episodes:
Link 1
Link 2

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Time Travel: Journeys Into Time

So here we have another old but great documentary about time travel. It's a documentary featuring David Lewis Anderson about various subjects regarding time travel science. The documentary will take viewers on a fascinating journey through the history of science fiction and then to the great advances made by scientists that demonstrate today how time travel is possible within the laws of our mathematics and physics.

I really like these old documentaries. It's clear that they don't have as amazing visual and music effects as the newer documentaries, but they really cover the subject well.

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