Stephen Hawking's Universe
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Seasons | 1
Episodes | 6
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 1997-08-31
Last EP | 1997-10-05
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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Relesed on | 1997-08-31
1
Seeing is Believing
1997-08-31
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
2
The Big Bang
1997-09-07
Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.
3
Cosmic Alchemy
1997-09-14
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
4
On the Dark Side
1997-09-21
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
5
Black Holes and Beyond
1997-09-28
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
6
An Answer to Everything
1997-10-05
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
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