Creation Of The Universe

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This is the ultimate detective story - the creation of the universe. Award-winning journalist Timothy Ferris takes viewers on a cosmic ride, from the Big Bang 15 billion years ago, to the frontiers of science today.

Dazzling special effects and colorful computer graphics make the mysteries of the universe highly visual and understandable. Accompanied by an entertaining musical score from the popular composer Brian Eno, The Creation of the Universe never fails to stimulate and surprise.

It takes viewers around the world as well, to visit with today´s great thinkers, including foremost physicist Stephen Hawking and Nobel Prize winners Murray Gell-Mann and Steven Weinberg. From quarks to quasars, the scientists explore a host of provocative ideas, like:   What happened in the first fraction of the first second of the universe?
   What do galaxies of star have in common with tiny atoms?
   Why do some scientists believe the universe is expanding?
   Was every atom inside the human body once inside a star?

The Creation of the Universe interprets the work of astronomers and physicists expertly and simply igniting a sense of wonder about the universe which all people share.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 3 Juli, 2006