8.4/1019 votes#1 - The Electric Boy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2014
Travel to 19th century England and meet Michael Faraday, a child of poverty who grew up to invent the motor and the generator. His ideas about electricity and discovery of magnetic fields changed the world and paved the way for future scientists to make giant strides in the world of high technology and instantaneous communication.
Director: Bill Pope
Writer: Steven Soter
8.4/1027 votes#2 - Hiding in the Light
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2014
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.
Director: Bill Pope
Writer: Ann Druyan
8.4/1025 votes#3 - Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2014
The Ship of the Imagination ventures on an epic voyage to the bottom of a dewdrop to explore the universe on the smallest scale and observe exotic life forms invisible to the naked eye. Then, host Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the neural network in our brains which determine our sense of smell and memory, and later, he travels deep beneath the surface of the Earth to discover the most mysterious particle we know.
Director: Bill Pope
Writer: Ann Druyan
8.3/1033 votes#4 - Some of the Things that Molecules Do
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/2014
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a voyage to explore the relatedness of all living things and the possible evolution of life in the cosmos. Go on a journey to discover how artificial selection turned the wolf into canine breeds and how natural selection sculpted the complex human eye. Later, Tyson visits the grand Hall of Extinction, a monument to all the broken branches on the tree of life. Retrace the story of life on Earth and the unbroken thread that stretches from the first one-celled organisms to human life.
Director: Bill Pope
Writer: Steven Soter
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"The Electric Boy" is the best rated episode directed by Bill Pope. It scored 8.444/10 based on 19 votes. It was written by Steven Soter. It aired on 5/11/2014 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Hiding in the Light".