Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything
“A mind-expanding view of the big picture”
7.6
2009
1h 30m
Documentary
Twenty years after A Brief History of Time flummoxed the world with its big numbers and black holes, its author, Stephen Hawking, concedes that the "ultimate theory" he'd believed to be imminent - which would conclusively explain the origins of life, the universe and everything - remains frustratingly elusive. Yet despite his failing health and the seeming impossibility of the task, Hawking is still devoted to his work; an extraordinary drive that's captured here in fleeting interview snippets and footage of the scientist sharing a microwave dinner with some fawning PhD students. Though the pop-science tutorials that dapple the first of this two-part biography are winningly perky, Hawking, alas, remains as tricky to fathom as his boggling quantum whatnots
Key Crew
Director
Gary Johnstone
Cast (2)
Stephen Hawking
Himself
Roger Penrose
Himself
Keywords
scientific studyphysics
