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Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

Prof Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the 麻豆官网首页入口 science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories of modern science, the Big Bang.

Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the 麻豆官网首页入口 science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories of modern science, the Big Bang.

The remarkable idea that our universe simply began from nothing has not always been accepted with the conviction it is today and, from fiercely disputed leftfield beginnings, took the best part of the 20th century to emerge as the triumphant explanation of how the universe began. Using curious horn-shaped antennas, U-2 spy planes, satellites and particle accelerators, scientists have slowly pieced together the cosmological jigsaw, and this documentary charts the overwhelming evidence for a universe created by a Big Bang.

1 hour

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Sun 17 Jan 2016 23:15

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Presenter Jim Al-Khalili

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