''Stephen Hawking's Universe'' is an astronomical documentary from 1997 made for the
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educati ...
featuring the theoretical physicist
Stephen Hawking. The six-episode series discusses the history of astronomy as well as
black holes
A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can def ...
and
dark matter
Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe. Dark matter is called "dark" because it does not appear to interact with the electromagnetic field, which means it does not ab ...
.
Brief
# Seeing is Believing
# The Big Bang
# Cosmic Alchemy
# On the Dark Side
# Black Holes and Beyond
# An Answer to Everything
An extensive online companion site was produced to accompany the documentary. The online companion covers history of cosmology, unanswered questions and other topics related to the program. It was designed to function as both a supplement to the series and a stand-alone web piece. Along with details explaining terminology, different models of the universe, biographies of famous historical figures in cosmology and content derived from the program, the web companion included discussions by contemporary cosmologists of "unsolved mysteries", an opportunity to ask questions, as well as suggestions for experiments.
See also
* ''
Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking
''Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking'' is a 2010 science documentary television mini-series written by British physicist Stephen Hawking. The series was created for Discovery Channel by Darlow Smithson Productions and features computer gener ...
'', a 2010 documentary mini-series
* ''
Stephen Hawking's Universe'', a book written by
John Boslough, published in June 1989, ''an introduction to the most remarkable scientist of our time''.
* ''
Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained'', a paperback book written by
David Filkin, published in October 1998, ''presents the frontiers of scientific knowledge about the basis of our existence & of everything around us''.
External links
Program homepage*
1997 American television series debuts
1997 American television series endings
1997 British television series debuts
1997 British television series endings
Documentary television series about astronomy
PBS original programming
1990s American documentary television series
1990s British documentary television series
Stephen Hawking
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