Name: Stephen Hawking's Universe
Rating: 5.8

Synopsis

A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

First Air Date: 1997-08-31

Last Air Date: 1997-10-05

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Networks: BBC Two

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Ep. 1: Seeing is Believing (1997-08-31)

Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Ep. 2: The Big Bang (1997-09-07)

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.
Ep. 3: Cosmic Alchemy (1997-09-14)

What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Ep. 5: On the Dark Side (1997-09-28)

What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Ep. 4: Black Holes and Beyond (1997-09-21)

Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Ep. 6: An Answer to Everything (1997-10-05)

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