Season 1

Stephen Hawking's Universe

6 Episodes Premiered August 31, 1997

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Episodes

Seeing is Believing
EP 1

Seeing is Believing

Aug 31, 1997

Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.

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The Big Bang
EP 2

The Big Bang

Sep 7, 1997

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.

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Cosmic Alchemy
EP 3

Cosmic Alchemy

Sep 14, 1997

What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.

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On the Dark Side
EP 5

On the Dark Side

Sep 28, 1997

What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.

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Black Holes and Beyond
EP 4

Black Holes and Beyond

Sep 21, 1997

Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.

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An Answer to Everything
EP 6

An Answer to Everything

Oct 5, 1997

Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.

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