Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
EP2 The Big BangSep 07, 1997
Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.
EP3 Cosmic AlchemySep 14, 1997
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
EP4 On the Dark SideSep 21, 1997
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
EP5 Black Holes and BeyondSep 28, 1997
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
EP6 An Answer to EverythingOct 05, 1997
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.