Series producer, Peter R. Baker ; executive producer, Blaine Baggett ; science editor, Donald Goldsmith ; original music, J.A.C. Redford 1991
Astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan is host and narrator of this amazing 13-hour series, now digitally remastered. With topics including the origins of life, the search for extra-terrestrial life, the "greenhouse effect", the lives of stars, interstellar travel and the effects of attaining the speed of light, this is a fascinating insight into humanity and the universe.
Based on The elegant universe by Brian Greene 2003
Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an end to that search