Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey When Knowledge Conquered Fear (Season 1, Episode 3)
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TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary

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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

When Knowledge Conquered Fear (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary

Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to chase a single comet through its million-year plunge toward Sol. Later, Tyson visits the birth-place of Sir Isaac Newton and retraces the unlikely friendship between Newton and...See moreNeil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to chase a single comet through its million-year plunge toward Sol. Later, Tyson visits the birth-place of Sir Isaac Newton and retraces the unlikely friendship between Newton and brilliant polymath Edmond Halley. It was Halley's patience and generosity which allowed Newton to conquer his fear of isolation and find the courage to publish his masterwork, "Principia Mathematica" which launched a scientific revolution. Written by Anonymous See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Neil deGrasse Tyson Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Michael Chochol Jan Oort Jan Oort See fewer	Oblivion (I) (2013)
Cary Elwes Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) See fewer	Saw (2004)
Tom Konkle Samuel Pepys (voice) Samuel Pepys (voice) See fewer	Trouble Is My Business (2018)
Alexander Siddig Isaac Newton (voice) Isaac Newton (voice) See fewer	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
André Sogliuzzo Christopher Wren, Weichelberger Christopher Wren, Weichelberger See fewer	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Eduardo Arrufat-Reboso Londoner (uncredited) Londoner (uncredited) See fewer	Space: Knowledge Frontier (2020)