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| Jim Al-Khalili | ... |
Self - Presenter, University of Surrey
(2 episodes, 2011)
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Simon Schaffer | ... |
Self
(2 episodes, 2011)
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Carlos Frenk | ... |
Self
(2 episodes, 2011)
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Ian Stewart | ... |
Self
(2 episodes, 2011)
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- British Library Board (archive)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Archives (archive)
- Carnegie Institute for Science Observatories (archive)
- Durham University (archive)
- European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) (archive)
- Harvard College Observatory (archive)
- Max-Planck-Institut Für Astrophysik (archive)
- NASA (archive)
- Science Photo Library (archive)
- TopFoto (archive)
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Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? In two episodes, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness. EVERYTHING: The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy. NOTHING: Explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Jim Al-Khalili sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the super-small shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim Al-Khalili can prove it Written by Frank |
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