Stephen Hawking's Universe  - TV series (1997)

1. Seeing is Believing

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31/08/1997

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

Where 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 Bang

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07/09/1997

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.

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.

3. Cosmic Alchemy

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14/09/1997

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

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

4. On the Dark Side

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21/09/1997

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

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

5. Black Holes and Beyond

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28/09/1997

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

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

6. An Answer to Everything

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05/10/1997

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

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