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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Seasons
Episode 1
Seeing is Believing
49m
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Episode 2
The Big Bang
49m
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.
Episode 3
Cosmic Alchemy
49m
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Episode 4
Black Holes and Beyond
49m
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Episode 5
On the Dark Side
49m
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Episode 6Latest episode
An Answer to Everything
49m
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
