Stephen Hawking's Universe

E1. Seeing is Believing

Aug 31, 1997 · 49m

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

E2. The Big Bang

Sep 7, 1997 · 49m

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.

E3. Cosmic Alchemy

Sep 14, 1997 · 49m

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

E4. On the Dark Side

Sep 21, 1997 · 49m

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

E5. Black Holes and Beyond

Sep 28, 1997 · 49m

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

E6. An Answer to Everything

Oct 5, 1997 · 49m

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