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Genius by Stephen Hawking

  • 2016
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~54m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.6/10

Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.

Latest: Season 1 · 2016

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  1. E1. Can We Time Travel?

    May 18, 2016 · 44m

    Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

  2. E2. Are We Alone?

    May 18, 2016 · 44m

    Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

  3. E3. Why Are We Here?

    May 25, 2016 · 44m

    Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

  4. E4. Where Did the Universe Come From?

    May 25, 2016 · 44m

    Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

  5. E5. What Are We?

    Jun 1, 2016 · 44m

    Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

  6. E6. Where Are We?

    Jun 1, 2016 · 44m

    Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?

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