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In this final blog post I will review and discuss my opinions on the 9th episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmos, “The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth”. In this episode Tyson covers the history and physical landscape (also known as Palaeogeography) of planet earth. He starts by covering how most of the worlds coal sourcesContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 9”

Episode 8 of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmos “Sisters of the Sun” focuses on the composition and life-cycle of stars. The episode starts of describing how different cultures in history created constellations specifically the Greeks and the Pleiades. Tyson then goes on to give us an overview of the works of Edward Pickering and how heContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 8”

This episode is focused around how the age of the earth was originally discovered by Clair Patterson and some of the methods used to date things today. The episode starts of with Neil Degrasse Tyson describing how the earth was formed slightly after (millions of years) after the formation of the sun. Tyson later goesContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 7”

The sixth episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos “Deeper Deeper Deeper Still” brings its focus towards the microscopic and atomic exploring many concepts related to biology and atomic theory. He covers some extremely interesting microbes as well as tardigrades and photosynthesis but while these are all very interesting yet again they have little to doContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 6”

The fifth episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos focuses primarily on light. At the beginning of the episode discussing the invention of both the pinhole camera and optics (which lead to the first telescope). This is also the first episode in which the scientific principle is brought up in any way. As the episode progressesContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 5”

The forth episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos begins by covering the speed of light and the concept of seeing back in time when we look at celestial objects. It also covers how the earths gravity bends the light from the sun and makes the sun rise 2 minutes earlier than it will physically.               Continue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 4”

The third episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos brings us yet again towards a more astronomical view of the universe. The episode starts off depicting the way early humans viewed comets as signs of impending cataclysm. It does this to show the evolution of humanity’s perception of the cosmos throughout the entirety of the episode.Continue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 3”

In the second episode of Neil Degrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, he decides to take a turn away from the cosmos and towards the history and evolution of life on earth. The episode starts with an overview of the creation of dogs by early humans. While I do like how they went over howContinue reading “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 2”