Season 1

(1997)
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Episodes 6

1 Seeing is Believing

August 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.

2 The Big Bang

September 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.

3 Cosmic Alchemy

September 14, 1997

49m

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 21, 1997

49m

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

5 Black Holes and Beyond

September 28, 1997

49m

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

6 An Answer to Everything

October 5, 1997

49m

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

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