A Teoria da Relatividade Espacial no episódio 8 (oito) do documentário Cosmos: Possibilidades e limitações como texto de divulgação científica

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the quality of episode number 8 on the known series “Cosmos”, which opens discussions on the theory of Special Relativity as an object of Scientific Dissemination (DC). As a starting point, we made a literature review on the subject aiming to obtain a detailed information about the scientists and science journalists role in the scientific dissemination process, as well as lacks on such materials in a context outside the scientific academy. In addition, it was necessary to develop an approach based in historical aspects that would provide us a consolidated vision on how the subject evolved, delimiting itself from classical mechanics to spects of the theory of special relativity. The adopted methodology for this thesis had been delimited through a qualitative documental research, where we explored and described several aspects related to the studied subject contained on the 8th episode of Cosmos. Then, in a more detailed study, we found that there are conceptual and historical successes and failures in such episode, as well as a needing for understanding and promoting a stronger cooperation between scientists and journalists. Furthermore, the work of Sagan (1992) on the 8th episode was analyzed under a context of science communication for the theory of special relativity.