About this season
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Episodes (6)
1. Seeing is Believing
Aired 31 August 1997 • 49 min
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
Aired 7 September 1997 • 49 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
Aired 14 September 1997 • 49 min
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
5. On the Dark Side
Aired 28 September 1997 • 49 min
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
4. Black Holes and Beyond
Aired 21 September 1997 • 49 min
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
6. An Answer to Everything
Aired 5 October 1997 • 49 min
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.