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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

The Soviet Union wasgoing through a metal shortage, so Kondratyuk's challengewas to build...

The Soviet Union was
going through a metal shortage, so Kondratyuk's challenge
was to build the largest grain elevator possible without
using more than a single nail

Full Transcript

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The Soviet Union was going through a metal shortage,
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so Kondratyuk's challenge was to build the largest grain
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elevator possible without using more than a single nail.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:17
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E11 Our cosmic telescope can make things appear 100 billion times closer. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Our cosmic telescope can make things appear 100 billion time...
S01 • E03 At the same time, he wondered about the presence - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
At the same time, he wondered about the presence
S01 • E04 The heady optimism of the revolution had been replaced with dread and despair. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
The heady optimism of the revolution had been replaced with ...
S01 • E05 Exactly 100 years after Angelo Mosso first recorded - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:20
Exactly 100 years after Angelo Mosso first recorded
S01 • E06 He scolded his apprentice for venturing beyond his expertise. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
He scolded his apprentice for venturing beyond his expertise...
S01 • E11 And we can aim it at almost any direction. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
And we can aim it at almost any direction.
S01 • E07 And this was true at any time of the year, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
And this was true at any time of the year,
S01 • E03 This was the beginning of a field called cosmochemistry. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
This was the beginning of a field called cosmochemistry.
S01 • E12 Sinon laughed, and told them that the Greeks had said it was way too big - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Sinon laughed, and told them that the Greeks had said it was...
S01 • E10 But the Soviet Union was under siege by the Germans. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But the Soviet Union was under siege by the Germans.
S01 • E06 But still, Carl loved Urey because he knew that this - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
But still, Carl loved Urey because he knew that this
S01 • E04 Vavilov's institute of plant industry, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Vavilov's institute of plant industry,
S01 • E08 It ended up being so big, they named it "“the Mastodon."” - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
It ended up being so big, they named it "“the Mastodon....
S01 • E11 Our detector array moves 360 degrees around the sun. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Our detector array moves 360 degrees around the sun.
S01 • E10 And an atom bomb project was likely to take years to complete. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
And an atom bomb project was likely to take years to complet...
S01 • E01 "I was here when the volcano awakened." - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
"I was here when the volcano awakened."
S01 • E03 In 1940, when the Germans invaded Norway, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
In 1940, when the Germans invaded Norway,
S01 • E12 "Let them stare at it all day and be ashamed about - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
"Let them stare at it all day and be ashamed about
S01 • E11 There's only one part of the cosmos that's off-limits to us - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
There's only one part of the cosmos that's off-lim...
S01 • E10 With their backs against the wall, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
With their backs against the wall,