Stephen Hawking's Universe - Season 1
1 - Seeing is Believing
Air Date: August 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.
2 - The Big Bang
Air Date: September 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.
3 - Cosmic Alchemy
Air Date: September 14, 1997
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
Air Date: September 21, 1997
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
5 - Black Holes and Beyond
Air Date: September 28, 1997
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
6 - An Answer to Everything
Air Date: October 5, 1997
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.