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Dr. Carroll explains the subject of dark matter and dark energy in 24 lectures. He explains why scientists believe we live in a smooth, expanding universe that originated in a hot, dense state called the Big Bang. He describes the features of the infant universe that led to the large-scale structure we observe today. He takes you through the standard model of particle physics and shows how it provides the framework for understanding the interaction...
4) The big bang
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Explains how scientists' observations of the stars led to the development of the big bang theory, a theory of how our universe was formed.
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"Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and author of Hyperspace and The Future of Humanity, tells the story of the greatest quest in science. When Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity, he unified the rules of heaven and earth. From then on, physicists have been discovering new forces and incorporating them into ever-greater theories. But the major breakthroughs of the 20th century--relativity and quantum mechanics--are incompatible,...
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In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe. Kaku describes the extraordinary advances that have transformed cosmology over the last century forcing scientists around the world to rethink our understanding of the birth of the universe, and its ultimate fate.
16) Hyperspace
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Experience the beautiful, astonishing and ofter dangerous phenomena of the universe as state-of-the art computer graphics take you from the vast clouds where stars are born to the edge of a planet-guzzling black hole. Learn how every molecule of our bodies originated in the Big Bang. Will scientists transform a planet like Mars into a new Earth? See revolutionary forms of transportation that could let us hop between galaxies.
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This 1985 documentary interprets the work of astronomers and physicists expertly and simply, using special effects, computer graphics, a musical score, and interviews with Stephen Hawking and other scientists to explain the mysteries of the universe's creation in the Big Bang, 15 billion years ago.