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  • 2008-03-03T05:00:00Z on Science Channel
  • 1h 5m
  • 2h 10m (2 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary
Twenty years after A Brief History of Time flummoxed the world with its big numbers and black holes, its author, Stephen Hawking, concedes that the "ultimate theory" he'd believed to be imminent - which would conclusively explain the origins of life, the universe and everything - remains frustratingly elusive. Yet despite his failing health and the seeming impossibility of the task, Hawking is still devoted to his work; an extraordinary drive that's captured here in fleeting interview snippets and footage of the scientist sharing a microwave dinner with some fawning PhD students. Though the pop-science tutorials that dapple the first of this two-part biography are winningly perky, Hawking, alas, remains as tricky to fathom as his boggling quantum whatnots. American version of Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe. Runs a few minutes shorter and features an American narrator.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-03-03T05:00:00Z

1x01 Part 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Part 1

  • 2008-03-03T05:00:00Z1h 5m

Twenty years after A Brief History of Time became an unlikely global bestseller, Professor Stephen Hawking takes viewers on a journey through the universe to explore the mysteries of physics, and looks at how far our understanding of the universe has developed.

2008-03-10T04:00:00Z

1x02 Part 2

1x02 Part 2

  • 2008-03-10T04:00:00Z1h 5m

Professor Stephen Hawking takes viewers on a journey through the universe to explore the mysteries of physics, and looks at how far our understanding of the universe has developed. The second program explores the cutting edge of physics, such as String Theory and Supersymmetry, which have seen extra dimensions and multiverses move into the mainstream of scientific debate.

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