Episode 14— Beyond the Big Bang
Aired September 4, 2007 · 90 min
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The episode explores the scientific consensus that the universe originated from a massive expansion known as the Big Bang billions of years ago, and continues to expand today. It highlights how the Big Bang theory is now widely accepted as a fundamental fact in cosmology.
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David Ackroyd
as Self - Narrator
Maxie Santillan Jr
as Shaman
Brian Greene
as Self - Prof. Math & Physics, Columbia University
Geoffrey Landis
as Self - Physicist, NASA Glenn Research Center
Nima Arkani Hamed
as Self - Prof. Physics, Harvard University
Michio Kaku
as Self - Author, 'Parallel Worlds'
Alan Guth
as Self - Prof. Physics, MIT
Lawrence Krauss
as Self - Author, 'Hiding in the Mirror'
Neil Degrasse Tyson
as Self - Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History
Marcelo Gleiser
as Self - Prof. Physics & Astronomy, Dartmouth College
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