Synopsis
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Episodes
Season 11
Seeing is BelievingWhere did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.49m2
The Big BangDid 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.49m3
Cosmic AlchemyWhat is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.49m5
On the Dark SideWhat is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.49m4
Black Holes and BeyondAre black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.49m6
An Answer to EverythingIs there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.49m
Seeing is BelievingWhere did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.49m2The Big BangDid 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.49m3Cosmic AlchemyWhat is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.49m5On the Dark SideWhat is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.49m4Black Holes and BeyondAre black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.49m6An Answer to EverythingIs there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.49mCast
