Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking's Universe (1997)
Season 1
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Released Aug. 30, 1997
Episode 360 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.universe, imdb.cosmology
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Seeing is Believing
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Aug. 31, 1997, midnight
S1E2 - The Big Bang
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.
Sept. 7, 1997, midnight
S1E3 - Cosmic Alchemy
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Sept. 14, 1997, midnight
S1E4 - On the Dark Side
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Sept. 21, 1997, midnight
S1E5 - Black Holes and Beyond
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Sept. 28, 1997, midnight
S1E6 - An Answer to Everything
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
Oct. 5, 1997, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 360 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Released: Aug. 30, 1997
Last Air Date: Oct. 5, 1997, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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