Star Seekers

An animated history of astronomy from the time of the ancient Greeks to our own day. With a narration that frequently quotes directly from the words of the scientists at the time when they lived, the film presents the theories and discoveries of Pythagorus, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Isaac Newton and Kant along with those of the modern cosmologists of this century, Einstein, Hubble, Hoyle and Fowler. Sowing how man's thought has led to his increased knowledge, the film is a stimulant to scientific curiosity for upper elementary students.