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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Genius by Stephen Hawking / produced by Bigger Bang Communications for PBS in association with National Geographic Channels International ; executive producers, Ben Bowie and Iain Riddick ; series producers, Jane Sayers and Lucie Ridout.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking poses enduring scientific questions to teams of non-scientists to test their problem solving skills and summon their inner-genius, covering topics such as time travel, the existence of life on other planets, how the universe came to be, and the origins of life.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-G (general audience; most parents would find you suitable for all ages).

Subjects:

Science -- Methodology.

Science.

Problem solving.

Critical thinking.

Genius.

Life on other planets.

Time travel.

Life -- Origin.

Cosmology.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Educational television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 host.

Sayers, Jane (Television producer and director) television director, television producer.

Woods, Pete (Television director), television director.

Riddick, Iain, television director, television producer.

Bowie, Ben, television director, television producer.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

Bigger Bang Communications, Ltd. production company.

National Geographic Channels International, production company.

Other Title:

Genius

Genius by Stephen Hawking (Television program)

Notes:

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions."

Title from container.

Originally produced as episodes of the television series: Genius by Stephen Hawking.

Widescreen.

Presenter, Stephen Hawking.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles.

Contents:

Can we time travel? / director and series producer, Jane Sayers -- Are we alone? / director & executive producer, Iain Riddick -- Why are we here? / director & executive producer, Iain Riddick -- Where did the universe come from? / director, Pete Woods -- What are we? / director & executive producer, Ben Bowie -- Where are we? / director & executive producer, Ben Bowie, Iain Riddick.

ISBN:

9781627897037

1627897038

0841887028400

Publisher Number:

GBSH601

GBSH601.1--GBSH601.2

Other Number:

951633255

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

603218

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 370.152 Genius