← Genius by Stephen Hawking

Season 1

6 episodes · 2016

  1. 1

    Can We Time Travel?

    May 18, 201644 min★ 7.8

    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.

  2. 2

    Are We Alone?

    May 18, 201644 min★ 8.1

    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.

  3. 3

    Why Are We Here?

    May 25, 201644 min★ 7.8

    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.

  4. 4

    Where Did the Universe Come From?

    May 25, 201644 min★ 8.2

    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.

  5. 5

    What Are We?

    Jun 1, 201644 min★ 8.6

    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.

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    Where Are We?

    Jun 1, 201644 min★ 8.4

    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?