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Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
- Season 1 One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
- Season 1 Harmony of the Worlds
- Season 1 Heaven and Hell
- Season 1 Blues for a Red Planet
- Season 1 Travellers' Tales
- Season 1 The Backbone of Night
- Season 1 Journeys in Space and Time
- Season 1 The Lives of the Stars
- Season 1 The Edge of Forever
- Season 1 The Persistence of Memory
- Season 1 Encyclopedia Galactica
- Season 1 Who Speaks for Earth?
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Season 1 Episode 11 The Persistence of Memory
8.60 60 minutes The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales.
Then we wind through the maze of the human brain to witness the architecture of thought. We see how genes, brains and books store the information necessary for human survival.
