Iain Riddick
Director
Genius by Stephen Hawking (2016)
Season 1
Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.
Released May 18, 2016
Episode 44 min
8+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.life-in-the-universe, imdb.are-we-alone, imdb.travel, imdb.universe, imdb.time-travel, imdb.human-evolution
Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand, KQED, Thirteen, WETA+
Production Companies: Bigger Bang
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Can We Time Travel?
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.
May 18, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Are We Alone?
Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.
May 18, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Why Are We Here?
Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.
May 25, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - Where Did the Universe Come From?
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.
May 25, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - What Are We?
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.
June 1, 2016, midnight
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S1E6 - Where Are We?
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?
June 1, 2016, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 264 min.
Released: May 18, 2016
Last Air Date: June 1, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 8+
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