| Classification |
523.1 COS |
| Title |
Cosmos [DVD] : possible worlds. |
| Variant Title |
Possible worlds [DVD] |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Australia : National Geographic : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2019. |
| Physical Description |
3 DVD-videos (585 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Content type |
two-dimensional moving image |
| Note |
Catalogued from container. |
| National Geographic : NTG1272. |
| Originally broadcast on National Geographic in 2020. |
| The series is a follow-up to the 2014 series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which followed the original, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage presented by Carl Sagan on PBS in 1980. |
| Ann Druyan authored a companion book to the series, released in February 2020. |
| English. |
| Contents Note |
Disc 1: Ladder to the Stars ; The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone ; Lost City of Life ; Vavilov -- Disc 2: The Cosmic Connectome ; The Man of a Trillion Worlds ; The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth ; The Sacrifice of Cassini -- Disc 3: Magic Without Lies ; A Tale of Two Atoms ; Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ; Coming of Age in the Anthropocene ; Seven Wonders of the New World. |
| Credits Note |
Written by Ann Druyan, Brannon Braga. |
| Performer/Cast Note |
Presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. |
| Summary Note |
Cosmos: Possible Worlds continues Carl Sagan's legacy that began more than 40 years ago. This wonder-filled voyage through humanity's past, present and hopeful future transports viewers to lost worlds and worlds yet to be revealed by science. State-of-the-art VFX, stylized animations, and dramatic reenactments carry viewers deep into the future and through that hole in the curtain of reality. |
| Target audience note |
E. Exempt from classification. |
| Requirements |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, Region 4, PAL, anamorphic widescreen 16:9. |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Astronomy |
| Cosmology |
| Planetary science |
| Expanding universe |
| Astrophysics |
| Consciousness |
| Space and time |
| Documentary television programs -- United States |
| Subject - Genre |
Science television programs |
| Documentary television programs |
| Nonfiction television programs |
| Television series |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Druyan, Ann, 1949- screenwriter. |
| Braga, Brannon screenwriter. |
| Tyson, Neil deGrasse presenter. |
| Added Entry |
Cosmos : A spacetime odyssey. |
| Cosmos : A personal voyage. |
