Through The Wormhole: Season Two
GAIAM / Discovery Channel (2011)
TV Series  /  Documentary, Family, Special Interest, Television
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IMDB   8.6
420 min. United States / Engels
DVD  Regio 1   PG
Morgan Freeman Himself - Narrator
Sean Carroll Himself - Physicist / California Institute of Technology
Michio Kaku Himself - Theoretical Physicist
Albert Einstein Himself - Theoretical physicist
Max Tegmark Himself - Theoretical Physicist
Frank Tipler Himself - Mathematical Physicist
Barack Obama Himself
Marcus Natividad Suzuki Watamura
Edwin Hubble Himself - Astronomer
Sara Seager Herself - Astrophysicist / MIT / Cambridge
Kelsi Cullimore Herself
Chris Trouble Delfosse Trouble
Janna Levin Herself - Theoretical Physicist
Andy Albrecht Himself - Cosmologist
Lee Smolin Himself - Theoretical physicist
Sean Carroll Himself - Physicist / California Institute of Technology
David Eagleman Himself - Neuroscientist / Baylor College of Medicine
Julian Barbour Himself - Physicist
Steve Weinstein Himself - Perimeter Institute
Tim Maudlin Himself - Philosopher of Physics
Sara Seager Herself - Astrophysicist / MIT / Cambridge
Christie Campagna Herself
Seth Shostak Himself - Senior Astronomer / SETI Institute
Michael Persinger Himself - Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher
Paul Steinhardt Himself - Theoretical Physicist / Princeton University
Stuart Hameroff Himself - Phd / . Anesthesiologist / University of Arizona
Eben Alexander Himself - Neurosurgeon
Regisseur
Kurt Sayenga
Producent James Younger
Morgan Freeman
Lisa Andreae
Schrijver Thomas Quinn
Kurt Sayenga
Anthony Lund
Camerawerk John Lawrence
Wes Dorman
Joel Schwartzberg
Muzikant Hans Zimmer
Jacob Shea


Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence — the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity.

What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories.

Through the Wormhole will bring together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science — Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more — to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    8-6-2011  1.  Is There Life After Death?
In the premiere episode of the second season, Morgan Freeman dives deep into this provocative question that has mystified humans since the beginning of time. Modern physics and neuroscience are venturing into this once hallowed ground, and radically changing our ideas of life after death. Freeman serves as host to this polarized debate, where scientists and spiritualist attempt to define 'what is consciousness,' while cutting edge quantum mechanics could provide the answer to what happens when we die.
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    15-6-2011  2.  Is There an Edge to the Universe?
It is commonly theorized that the universe began with the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. But since we can only see as far as light has traveled in that time, we can't actually make out the edge of the universe. Could it be that the universe is infinite? Is there any way to find out what the shape of the universe really is? Can we find the edge, discover what might lie beyond it, and perhaps even discover a universe next to ours?
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    22-6-2011  3.  Does Time Really Exist?
It is a question that has vexed philosophers and scientists for centuries; 'What is Time?' Exactly how is our past, present, and future connected by that arrow of cause and effect that we call Time? Is time simply another dimension, just like the dimensions of space we know? Can you run time backwards just as easily as it runs forward, just as left-to-right can swap for right-to-left? If other universes exist, then what is time like in them: could their Time be different from ours? And we'll probe the biggest question about time: Is our future determined? Do we exercise free will? Or, is time merely a dream?
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    29-6-2011  4.  Are There More Than 3 Dimensions?
We move and live in three dimensions: length, width, and height. However, Einstein revealed what was once unimaginable: time is actually a dimension and linked with space itself. To reconcile the massive cosmic and miniscule quantum worlds, physicists are realizing four dimensions may not be enough. They're unraveling up to eleven dimensions. How could this be true? Where could these dimensions be?
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    6-7-2011  5.  Is There a Sixth Sense?
Can we perceive objects and events beyond the world detected by our five senses? The true limits of our human brain remain a scientific mystery. New studies in neuroscience are showing that our minds can really detect events and objects that our conscious selves know nothing about. Can we predict events in the future? Is there such a thing as a global consciousness? Could physical laws on the cusp of being discovered be at the root of all this?
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    13-7-2011  6.  How Does the Universe Work?
Since the ancient Greeks first speculated that everything they observed in reality was the result of the interaction of tiny particles they called atoms, great thinkers have tried to find a single mathematical formula that governs and explains the workings of the entire universe. So far, though, even minds as brilliant as physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have been unable to come up with that single grand equation of everything, also known as the theory of everything, or the final theory. Nevertheless, they continue to try, because without that final piece of the puzzle that is reality, the sum total of what we know falls a bit short of making sense.
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    20-7-2011  7.  Can We Travel Faster Than Light?
It's called the speed limit of the universe. Einstein blew all of our minds when he worked out the Theory of Relativity, and showed that space and time were malleable substances. He also theorized that we as humans can never travel faster than the speed of light, which leaves the stars and other galaxies almost impossibly out of our reach. But the dreams of Star Wars and Star Trek are not dead. In fact, there could be ways to travel faster than the speed of light - and some of them are already being tested in labs around the world.
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    27-7-2011  8.  Can We Live Forever?
Medical advances have doubled human life expectancy in past centuries. But can humans ever beat death altogether? Can we control and fix the errors that build up in our DNA over the years? Can we find a way to replace the chemistry of life with something more durable? This episode wonders into the mystifying definition of 'eternity' as it relates to human lifespan.
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    3-8-2011  9.  What Do Aliens Look Like?
Science fiction writers have always had their little green men. But these humanoid aliens were based soundly on Earth-based life, not any extra terrestrial evidence. Today, we've discovered hundreds of planets around other stars. As we learn what some of these alternative Earths might look like, science and imagination have allowed us to use real science to imagine the biology of their inhabitants. Will they have two eyes? Two legs? What color will their skin be? Which species on Earth can give us clues about likely biology of aliens? And what can we learn from how life on Earth developed to help us understand what ET really looks like?
    Seen it: Yes   50 min.    10-8-2011  10.  Are There Parallel Universes?
Imagine you will die tomorrow morning in a horrific car crash. Somewhere far, far away, there's an exact version of you that got in the same car, drove the same route, and collided with the same commuter. But this other version of you survives to drive another day. It may sound like science fiction, but it's looking more and more scientific likely. Somewhere out there, beyond the cosmic horizon, inside a black hole, or as close as an atom's length away, there could be a parallel universe. If this is the case, how could we ever know? And would we ever be able to pay this universe a visit?
Editie gegevens
Editie 2 DVD Discs
Serie Through The Wormhole
Distributeur Discovery Channel
Release Datum 22-11-2011
Verpakking Keep Case
Beeldverhouding 1.78:1
Ondertitels English
Geluidssporen English Dolby Digital 2.0
Lagen Enkelzijdig, Enkellaags
Aantal Disks/Banden 2
Persoonlijke Gegevens
Locatie 04,03
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