Stephen Hawking's Universe (1997)
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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
- Director
- Philip Martin
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Aug 31, 1997 - 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.
Sep 7, 1997 - 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.
Sep 14, 1997 - 49m
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Sep 28, 1997 - 49m
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Sep 21, 1997 - 49m
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Oct 5, 1997 - 49m
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
