Cosmos

Season 1, Episode 5: Hiding in the Light

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The Ship of the Imagination travels back in time to reveal 11th century Europe and North Africa during the golden age of Islam, when brilliant physicist Ibn al-Haytham discovered the scientific method and first understood how we see, and how light travels. Later, William Herschel discovers the infrared and the signature hidden in the light of every star, eventually unlocking one of the keys to the cosmos.

All Episodes - Season 1

Standing Up in the Milky Way
Episode 1
Standing Up in the Milky Way
 Some of the Things that Molecules Do
Episode 2
Some of the Things that Molecules Do
 When Knowledge Conquered Fear
Episode 3
When Knowledge Conquered Fear
 A Sky Full of Ghosts
Episode 4
A Sky Full of Ghosts
 Hiding in the Light
Episode 5
Hiding in the Light
 Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
Episode 6
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
 The Clean Room
Episode 7
The Clean Room
 Sisters of the Sun
Episode 8
Sisters of the Sun
 The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
Episode 9
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
 The Electric Boy
Episode 10
The Electric Boy
 The Immortals
Episode 11
The Immortals
 The World Set Free
Episode 12
The World Set Free
 Unafraid of the Dark
Episode 13
Unafraid of the Dark
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