Stephen Hawking's Universe; No. 103; Cosmic Alchemy

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Series
Stephen Hawking's Universe
Episode Number
No. 103
Episode
Cosmic Alchemy
Producing Organization
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Uden Associates
British Broadcasting Corporation
David Filkin Enterprises
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-h12v40m16d
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Description
Episode Description
This is Episode 103, "Cosmic Alchemy." What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Series Description
"'The six-hour documentary seems destined for the pantheon of public television's great science shows.' -- Eric Mink, The Daily News "''provocative and wide-ranging'' --John Noble Wilford, The New York Times "''well done, fascinating and accessible'' -- Steve Hedgpeth, The Star-Ledger "Few documentary series in recent history have taken on a subject as wide-ranging or complex as STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE. 'How did the universe begin? How will it end'' Those are just two of the big questions this six-hour series addressed. "Hawking, whose book, A Brief History of Time, was a worldwide hit -- selling at last count one copy for every 500 people on the planet -- has become a superstar of the sort science only rarely produces. But Hawking was determined to participate in this project only if it were a real science series that would not avoid taking on difficult subjects like string theory. The production team, combining as it did the best of U.S. and British science producers was, like the host, uniquely qualified for this task. The result was STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE, a visually stunning, intellectually absorbing series in the highest traditions of television."--1997 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1997
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:58:15.999
Credits
Producing Organization: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Producing Organization: Uden Associates
Producing Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation
Producing Organization: David Filkin Enterprises
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-e53bca21dcd (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:56:46
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Citations
Chicago: “Stephen Hawking's Universe; No. 103; Cosmic Alchemy,” 1997, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h12v40m16d.
MLA: “Stephen Hawking's Universe; No. 103; Cosmic Alchemy.” 1997. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h12v40m16d>.
APA: Stephen Hawking's Universe; No. 103; Cosmic Alchemy. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h12v40m16d