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Cosmos•Season 1•Episode 5

Hiding in the Light

9.0/10 · 2,270 votesApr 6, 201446 min

Ranked #7 of 13 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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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

Directed byBill Pope

Written bySteven Soter, Ann Druyan

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Seasons2

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Season 1 Episodes13

E1 9.1

Standing Up in the Milky Way

E2 8.9

Some of the Things that Molecules Do

E3 9.0

When Knowledge Conquered Fear

E4 9.1

A Sky Full of Ghosts

E5 9.0Now viewing

Hiding in the Light

E6 8.7

Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still

E7 8.8

The Clean Room

E8 8.9

Sisters of the Sun

E9 9.0

The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth

The Electric Boy

The Immortals

The World Set Free

Unafraid of the Dark

Cast2

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self - Host

Ann Druyan

Crew3

Steven Soter

Writer

Ann Druyan

Writer

Bill Pope

Director

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Episode Summary

"Hiding in the Light" is episode 5 of Cosmos season 1. It scored 9.0/10 from 2,270 votes, ranking #7 of 13 episodes this season (season average 9.0). Directed by Bill Pope and written by Steven Soter, Ann Druyan, it aired on April 6, 2014.

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