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A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

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Season 1

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Seeing is Believing
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1997
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Director: Philip Martin
Writer: Unknown
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The Big Bang
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1997
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Cosmic Alchemy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1997
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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On the Dark Side
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1997
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Black Holes and Beyond
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1997
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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An Answer to Everything
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1997
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown