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NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos

Season 1
The Fabric of the Cosmos, a four-hour series based on the book by renowned physicist and author Brian Greene, takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time, and the universe.
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  1. S1 E1 - What Is Space?
    November 1, 2011
    53min
    TV-PG
    Brian Greene reveals space as a dynamic fabric that can stretch, twist, warp, and ripple under the influence of gravity. Stranger still is a newly discovered ingredient of space that actually makes up 70% percent of the universe. Physicists call it dark energy because while they know it’s out there, driving space to expand ever more quickly, they have no idea what it is.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Illusion of Time
    November 8, 2011
    53min
    TV-PG
    Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time traveling adventure, hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to Big Bang. Along the way, he reveals a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present, and future—from the reign of T. Rex to the birth of your great-great-grandchildren—exist all at once.
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  3. S1 E3 - Quantum Leap
    November 15, 2011
    53min
    TV-PG
    Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. Brian brings quantum mechanics to life in a nightclub like no other, where objects pop in and out of existence, and things over here can affect others over there, instantaneously—without anything crossing the space between them.
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  4. S1 E4 - Universe or Multiverse?
    November 22, 2011
    53min
    TV-PG
    Cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. Brian Greene takes us on a tour of this brave new theory at the frontier of physics, explaining why scientists believe it’s true and showing what some of these alternate realities might be like.
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Producers
Joseph McMasterPaula ApsellJonathan Sahula
Cast
Brian Greene
Studio
PBS
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