Everything and Nothing

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.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Everything and Nothing

First Air Date

March 21, 2011

Last Air Date

March 28, 2011

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC Four Furnace

Networks

BBC Four

S01E02

Nothing

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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