Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
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49min
August 31, 1997
2. The Big Bang
Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges LemaƮtre, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.
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49min
September 7, 1997
3. Cosmic Alchemy
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
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49min
September 14, 1997
4. On the Dark Side
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
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49min
September 21, 1997
5. Black Holes and Beyond
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
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49min
September 28, 1997
6. An Answer to Everything
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.