Stephen Hawking's Universe

Stephen Hawking's Universe Season 1

TV Show

Season 1 Episodes

1. Seeing is Believing

August 31st, 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.

2. The Big Bang

September 7th, 199749 min

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

September 14th, 199749 min

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

September 21st, 199749 min

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

5. Black Holes and Beyond

September 28th, 199749 min

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

6. An Answer to Everything

October 5th, 199749 min

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