| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; full screen presentation ; Dolby surround stereo. |
| Performer |
Presented by Timothy Ferris ; baseball announcers, Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Francis Kenny ; editors, Bob Estrin and Lisa Day ; title theme and additional music by Brian Eno. |
| Summary |
This is the ultimate detective story: the creation of the universe. Go on a cosmic ride, from the Big Bang 15 billion years ago, to the frontiers of science today. The program also takes viewers around the world, visiting with today's great thinkers, including 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. |
| Contents |
Bonus feature : Optional audio feature commentary by Timothy Ferris. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Program content originally produced in 1985. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Cosmogony.
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Cosmology.
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Big bang theory.
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Universe.
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Expanding universe.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Science television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ferris, Timothy.
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Haines-Stiles, Geoffrey.
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Eno, Brian, 1948-
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Elliott, Bob.
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Goulding, Ray.
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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
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Gell-Mann, Murray.
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Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021
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Northstar Associates.
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Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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PBS Home Video.
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| ISBN |
1415702284 |
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9781415702284 |
| Standard No. |
841887051217 |
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097368856349 |
| Music No. |
COTU601 PBS Home Video |
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88563 PBS Home Video |
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