Stephen Hawking's Universe
Overview
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Seasons
Season 1 (1997)
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6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Seeing is Believing
1997-08-31Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Runtime: 49 minEpisode 2: The Big Bang
1997-09-07Did 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.
Runtime: 49 minEpisode 3: Cosmic Alchemy
1997-09-14What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Runtime: 49 minEpisode 4: On the Dark Side
1997-09-21What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Runtime: 49 minEpisode 5: Black Holes and Beyond
1997-09-28Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Runtime: 49 minEpisode 6: An Answer to Everything
1997-10-05Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
Runtime: 49 min
