Discovery Channel Takes on a Journey Through the Universe with Stephen Hawking Special

Discovery Channel Takes on a Journey Through the Universe with Stephen Hawking Special

- Explore the cosmos with one of the world’s greatest living scientists -

Stephen Hawkings Universe

New Delhi, From the mind of the world’s most illustrious living scientist comes a special series that will stretch your imagination to the limits of the known universe. How did our universe begin? Could alien life be found on distant planets? Does our galaxy have a life expectancy? Delve into the mind of the brilliant Dr. Stephen Hawking and explore the splendour and majesty of the universe as Discovery Channel presents Stephen Hawking Special.

In a landmark series to air every Monday at 9 pm from 5th to 26th July on Discovery Channel, Dr. Stephen Hawking will reveal the wonders of the universe – from the Big Bang to the end of time, and the possibility of alien life and time travel. Stephen Hawking Special will repeat every Friday at 4 pm.

Dr. Stephen Hawking is a British theoretical physicist whose scientific career spans over 40 years. Diagnosed with debilitating motor neurone disease, Dr. Hawking is someone who has defied all odds of living a normal life; much less discover radical scientific what-ifs that have baffled most of us. Despite being unable to eat or get in and out of bed himself, Dr. Hawking is able to construct convoluted diagrams and manipulate complex equations in his head. Dr. Hawking has proved to be a crucial force in the development of general relativity and cosmology, and is regarded by many to be the greatest genius alive today.

Announcing the series, Rahul Johri, senior vice president & general manager, India, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, “Discovery Channel’s unique and pioneering programmes ignite viewers’ imagination, provoking them to explore their world and what lies beyond. Its new groundbreaking series Stephen Hawking Special will delve into the mysteries of the universe as never seen before.”

Physically confined but mentally free to explore and expound on the mysteries of the universe, Dr. Hawking takes viewers on a fantastic journey of discovery in the episode Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. Beginning with the birth of our galaxies, Dr Hawking theorises what the Big Bang can tell us about the eventually end of the universe. Is the cosmos a ticking time bomb? And if so, what are the signs of its future demise? Cutting- edge effects, digitally enhanced NASA footage and live action combine to bring Dr. Hawking’s extraordinary vision of the universe to the screen for the first time. Filled with radical thinking and unforgettable sequences, Stephen Hawking Special reveals the universe in its vast maelstrom of immense age, size and splendour.

In the third episode Stephen Hawking’s Universe, Dr. Hawking considers one of the most important mysteries facing humankind – the possibility of an alien, intelligent life. Come along on a journey rendered in eye-popping detail from the moons of Jupiter to a galaxy maybe not so far away. Meet possible aliens and discover what they might look like. Dr. Hawking delves into the very principles of what it is to call something ‘alive’, and calculates the likelihood of contact being made. He’ll introduce us to possible alien life forms — in stunning CGI — that face the same universal trials of adaptation and survival as the residents of Earth.

Is time travel possible? Dr Hawking explores the world’s favourite scientific ‘what if?’. Warping the very fabric of time and space as he goes along, Dr. Hawking explores the possibilities of time travel, discovering the pitfalls and prospects of a technology that could quite literally change everything. Authoritative, awe-inspiring and epic, once you have watched Stephen Hawking Special, your world will never seem the same again.

Biography of STEPHEN HAWKING : Dr Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At 11, Dr Hawking went to St Albans School, and then onto University College, Oxford, his father’s alma mater. Dr Hawking did Physics, where he was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science.

Dr Hawking then went to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology. After gaining his Ph.D, he first became a Research Fellow, and later Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, Dr Hawking came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979, has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.

Dr Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose, he showed that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great scientific development of the 20th century.

His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey and 300 Years of Gravity. Dr Hawking has published two popular books, his bestseller, A Brief History of Time, and Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays.

Dr Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many other awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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