Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "The Backbone of Night" is the seventh aired episode of the American documentary television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. It premiered on 9 November 1980 on the Public Broadcasting Service. The episode is presented by the series host astronomer Carl Sagan, directed by Adrian Malone, produced by Gregory Andorfer and Rob McCain, and written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter.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.The episode received positive reviews by critics. The series, as a whole, has been considered since its original broadcast a milestone for scientific documentaries.. }
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- The_Backbone_of_Night abstract ""The Backbone of Night" is the seventh aired episode of the American documentary television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. It premiered on 9 November 1980 on the Public Broadcasting Service. The episode is presented by the series host astronomer Carl Sagan, directed by Adrian Malone, produced by Gregory Andorfer and Rob McCain, and written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter.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.The episode received positive reviews by critics. The series, as a whole, has been considered since its original broadcast a milestone for scientific documentaries.".