Genius by Stephen Hawking

Season 1

2016 · 6 episodes · 4h 24m in all · 9.3/10

Episodes

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   1. Can We Time Travel?

   18 May 2016 · 44 min · 10.0/10

   Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

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   2. Are We Alone?

   18 May 2016 · 44 min

   Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

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   3. Why Are We Here?

   25 May 2016 · 44 min

   Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

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   4. Where Did the Universe Come From?

   25 May 2016 · 44 min

   Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

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   5. What Are We?

   1 Jun 2016 · 44 min

   Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

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   6. Where Are We?

   1 Jun 2016 · 44 min · 8.5/10

   Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?