Stephen Hawking's Universe (1997–1997)
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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Season01
- S01E01
Seeing is BelievingAugust 31, 1997—Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, - S01E02
The Big BangSeptember 7, 1997—Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and - S01E03
Cosmic AlchemySeptember 14, 1997—What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars. - S01E04
Black Holes and BeyondSeptember 21, 1997—Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities. - S01E05
On the Dark SideSeptember 28, 1997—What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos. - S01E06
An Answer to EverythingOctober 5, 1997—Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
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