Stephen Hawking's Universe
1997 · Documentary · 1 Season · 6 Episodes ·
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Episodes
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Cosmic AlchemyWhat is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
4. Black Holes and BeyondAre black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
5. On the Dark SideWhat is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
6. An Answer to EverythingIs there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
