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Summary:

This collector's set spins an enthralling intergalactic detective story, rich with mystery, unexpected twists and astonishing revelations.
Black holes and beyond. The invention of radio astronomy over 50 years ago opened new horizons for astronomers. It led to SETI -- the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence -- looking for stray alien communication. And it also led to astronomical discoveries. Among these were black holes and quasars, bizarre objects billions of light years away, the same size as our solar sytem, with a power output greater than all of the stars in our galaxy put together. Quasars shine incredibly brightly as matter is sucked into a black hole and heats up due to friction. The science of black holes has thrown up some bizarre possibilities, since physics as we know it breaks down inside black holes. The mathematics of this seem to allow instant travel millions of miles across space, or even time travel. Whatever is really true, black holes are a lesson to scientists.
An answer to everything. Over the last hundred years our understanding of the universe has advanced farther than in previous centuries. 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 most important question.

Table of Contents:

• Black holes and beyond
• Answer to everything.

Contributors:

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

PBS Home Video

Paramount Home Video (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Other format: Stephen Hawkings Universe

Subjects:

Cosmology

Big bang theory

Expanding universe

Celestial mechanics

Genres:

Educational films

Online media

Internet videos

General Notes:

Title from DVD container.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1997.
Streaming Media
Video On Demand
Digital format: Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Digital format: Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : UNT Media Library, 2007. Digitized and made available by PBS.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 841887051224
Publisher Number, PBS Home Video: 88570

OCLC Numbers:

1053092541