The Search For Extraterrestrial Life

Presents Dr Carl Sagan who examines the evidence for UFO's and discusses the attempts to establish contact with civilizations that may exist elsewhere in the galaxy. Discusses radio astronomy which is the chosen code and visits the radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Uses the Drake Equation to estimate the statistical chance that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe.

More in Cosmos Series

  1. A Voyage Through The Cosmos 1980
  2. Encyclopedia Galactica 1980
  3. Evolution - The Four Billion Year Legacy 1980
  4. From Genes To Brains To Books 1980
  5. One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue 1980
  6. Persistence of memory 1980
  7. The Edge Of Forever 1980
  8. The Expanding Universe 1980
  9. The Harmony Of The Worlds 1980
  10. The Origin of Life 1980
  11. The Persistence Of Memory 1980
  12. The Search For Extra Terrestrial Life 1980
  13. The Search For Extraterrestrial Life 1980
  14. The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean 1980
  15. Traveler's Tales 1980
  16. Who Speaks For Earth 1980

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record