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Release Date:
13 October 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
6-part documentary series from arguably the greatest scientific mind in the world, the wheelchair-bound Stephen Hawking... more
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Cast

  (Series Credited cast)
Stephen Hawking ... Himself
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Gregory Benford ... Himself

Frank Langella ... Narrator
Fred M. Niell ... Fred Niell (episode 3: Cosmic Alchemy)
Maria Papathanassiou ... Herself
Jeff Rawle ... Narrator (1997) (voice)
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Runtime:
USA:360 min (6 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
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Color

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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
the unexplainable explained, 28 November 2003
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Author: Rene Niericker from the Hague, netherlands

Having read Mr. Hawking's books and loving them, i was very much looking forward to watching this documentary. I was not disappointed. It covers the science of cosmology from the ancient Greeks to modern day in a way which is both thorough (for a non-cosmologist) yet understandable to anyone. This is quite an accomplishment for many of the subjects are abstract, highly mathematical and hard (sometimes impossible) to visualize. The accompanying (computer-) animations and photographic material are of a very high standard and serve well in clarifying the narrator's text. I will watch this one over and over again, which is not something i usually do. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in physics, astronomy, cosmology or natural sciences in general.

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