
Genius by Stephen Hawking
TV-G2016•54m•6.6/10
Documentary
Ratings
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6.6/10(11)
Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.
Production
Bigger Bang
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
May 18, 2016
Last Aired
June 1, 2016
Networks
PBS
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
Can We Time Travel?
Air date: 2016-05-18
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

E2
Are We Alone?
Air date: 2016-05-18
Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

E3
Why Are We Here?
Air date: 2016-05-25
Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

E4
Where Did the Universe Come From?
Air date: 2016-05-25
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

E5
What Are We?
Air date: 2016-06-01
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

E6
Where Are We?
Air date: 2016-06-01
Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?












