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THOMSON: Could anything, at first sight
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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Could anything,at first sight, seem more impractical thana body which is so small that...

THOMSON: Could anything,
at first sight, seem more impractical than
a body which is so small that its mass is an
insignificant fraction of the
mass of an atom of hydrogen?

Full Transcript

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THOMSON: Could anything, at first sight,
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seem more impractical than a body which is so small that
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its mass is an insignificant fraction of the mass of an atom of hydrogen?
Duration
15 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:10
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
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 Or did hostile neighbors there make life intolerable for them? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Or did hostile neighbors there make life intolerable for the...
S01 • E04 Wealthy Russian merchants continued to export grain at - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Wealthy Russian merchants continued to export grain at
S01 • E06 Back then, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Back then,
S01 • E05 More than 1,000 years after the last dreamers awakened at - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:17
More than 1,000 years after the last dreamers awakened at
S01 • E01 Just a single rung programmed the neocortex to grow larger - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Just a single rung programmed the neocortex to grow larger
S01 • E12 The smoke from those small fires did little to - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
The smoke from those small fires did little to
S01 • E10 A writer, who was a genius at turning the - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
A writer, who was a genius at turning the
S01 • E06 Their sights were focused on the distance and we can't - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Their sights were focused on the distance and we can't
S01 • E07 Even today, more than 80% of all living animals are arthropods. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Even today, more than 80% of all living animals are arthropo...
S01 • E12 But over thousands of years, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
But over thousands of years,
S01 • E04 All the Tsar had to offer his starving subjects was "famine bread." - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
All the Tsar had to offer his starving subjects was "fa...
S01 • E11 Did a change in climate threaten their livelihood? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Did a change in climate threaten their livelihood?
S01 • E13 (inaudible chatter). - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
(inaudible chatter).
S01 • E08 But when the King placed his new observatory at Cassini's disposal, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
But when the King placed his new observatory at Cassini'...
S01 • E01 Maybe it was a random zap from a cosmic ray, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Maybe it was a random zap from a cosmic ray,
S01 • E03 For the anaerobes, oxygen was poison, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
For the anaerobes, oxygen was poison,
S01 • E02 In fact, she will retrieve almost anything placed near the nest. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
In fact, she will retrieve almost anything placed near the n...
S01 • E06 Big ideas about things far beyond our solar system, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:18
Big ideas about things far beyond our solar system,
S01 • E11 Were their new population pressures? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Were their new population pressures?
S01 • E07 But around the time the plants began to venture out - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
But around the time the plants began to venture out