Everything and Nothing

Name: Everything and Nothing
Released: 2011-03-21
Rating: 7.583
Cast: Jim Al-Khalili, Carlos Frenk, Simon Schaffer, Ian Stewart

7.6

March 21, 2011

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

Overview

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.

Cast

Jim Al-Khalili

Self - Presenter

Carlos Frenk

Self

Simon Schaffer

Self

Ian Stewart

Self

Episodes

1. Everything

March 21, 2011 • 60m

The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy.

2. Nothing

March 28, 2011 • 60m

The second part, Nothing, explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Jim sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the supersmall shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim can prove it.

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