Stephen Hawking's Universe

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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1997

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1. Seeing is Believing

Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.

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2. The Big Bang

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.

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3. Cosmic Alchemy

What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.

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4. On the Dark Side

What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.

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5. Black Holes and Beyond

Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.

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6. An Answer to Everything

Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.

Cast

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Stephen Hawking

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