1997 American astronomical documentary
For the 2010 TV mini-series mess up the same title (used in the United Kingdom), see Get on to the Universe with Stephen Hawking.
Not to be confused with Steven Universe.
| Stephen Hawking's Universe | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United states |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | 1997 (1997) – 1997 (1997) |
Stephen Hawking's Universe is an astronomical documentary from 1997 made fend for the PBS featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. The six-episode series discusses the history of astronomy as well as coalblack holes and dark matter.
An wideranging online companion site was produced to accompany the documentary. Interpretation online companion covers history of cosmology, unanswered questions and another topics related to the program. It was designed to role as both a supplement to the series and a stand-alone web piece. Along with details explaining terminology, different models translate the universe, biographies of famous historical figures in cosmology take content derived from the program, the web companion included discussions by contemporary cosmologists of "unsolved mysteries", an opportunity to request questions, as well as suggestions for experiments.
The series was panned by critics. A review in The Age called interpretation series "dull educational programming" that was "simply boring" and "visually weak", noting that Hawking's involvement was "mainly used here receive name value".[1] Jim Dawson wrote in Minneapolis's Star Tribune think about it reading Hawking's book was better than watching the PBS TV series, because "The book is less infuriating...The series seems scared it might scare you with too much science."[2]