A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
DirectorPhilip Martin
Seeing is Believing
Aug 31, 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.
The Big Bang
Sep 7, 1997
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.
Cosmic Alchemy
Sep 14, 1997
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Black Holes and Beyond
Sep 21, 1997
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
On the Dark Side
Sep 28, 1997
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
An Answer to Everything
Oct 5, 1997
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
