Stephen Hawking's universe
Subtitle: [5-6]
By: Thirteen WNET ; Uden Associates ; David Filkin Enterprises co-production in association with BBC-TV
Contributors: Martin, Philip, 1938-; Langella, Frank; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Uden Associates; David Filkin Enterprises; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Warner Home Video (Firm)
Series: PBS DVD video
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Burbank, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Views on cosmology; Cosmology; Black holes (Astronomy); Quasars; Naked singularities (Cosmology); Astrophysics; Life on other planets; Time travel; Unified field theories; Superstring theories; Inflationary universe; Quantum theory; Films for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Stephen Hawking's universe.; Universe.; Black holes and beyond; Answer to everything; Stephen Hawking's universe (Television program)
Description: Program 5: Discusses Hawking's specialty, black holes. With the invention of radio astronomy over 50 years ago many astronomical discoveries came to light including ultraluminous quasars, wormholes, black holes and singularities. Such discoveries seem to allow for the possibility of instant travel over millions of miles of space or even time travel and have led to SETI -- the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence -- looking for stray alien communications.

Program 6: We now know the universe had a beginning and how all the matter formed but there is still one outstanding question: how did the Big Bang begin? Stephen Hawking is joined by other leading scientists as they try to answer this question. Includes discussions of inflation theory, quantum mechanics and string theory.
Notes: Special features: Full-motion selection menu screens.

Originally produced for PBS television program Stephen Hawking's universe in 1997.

Dual layer format.

Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition

Series producer, David Filkin ; series director, Philip Martin ; editor, Martin Sage.

Narrator: Frank Langella.

DVD, stereo.

NTSC.