Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Documentary television programs. lcgft |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo. |
Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions." |
Performer |
Presenter, Stephen Hawking. |
Note |
Originally produced as episodes of the television series: Genius by Stephen Hawking. |
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Widescreen. |
Audience |
TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-G (general audience; most parents would find you suitable for all ages). |
Summary |
Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking poses enduring scientific questions to teams of non-scientists to test their problem solving skills and summon their inner-genius, covering topics such as time travel, the existence of life on other planets, how the universe came to be, and the origins of life. |
Contents |
Disc 1: Can we time travel? / director and series producer, Jane Sayers -- Are we alone? / director & executive producer, Iain Riddick -- Why are we here? / director & executive producer, Iain Riddick -- Disc 2: Where did the universe come from? / director, Pete Woods -- What are we? / director & executive producer, Ben Bowie -- Where are we? / director & executive producer, Ben Bowie, Iain Riddick. |
Subject |
Science -- Methodology.
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Science.
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Problem solving.
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Critical thinking.
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Genius.
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Life on other planets.
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Time travel.
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Life -- Origin.
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Cosmology.
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Critical thinking. (OCoLC)fst00883692
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Genius. (OCoLC)fst00940195
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Science television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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Added Author |
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 host.
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Sayers, Jane (Television producer and director) television director, television producer.
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Woods, Pete (Television director), television director.
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Riddick, Iain, television director, television producer.
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Bowie, Ben, television director, television producer.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
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Bigger Bang Communications, Ltd. production company.
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National Geographic Channels International, production company.
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Added Title |
Genius |
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Genius by Stephen Hawking (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781627897037 |
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1627897038 |
Standard No. |
841887028400 |
Music No. |
GBSH601 PBS |
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GBSH601.1--GBSH601.2 PBS |
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