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The Key to the Universe

on BBC Two England

The search for the laws of creation written and presented by Nigel Calder
The past year has seen a giant step forward along a line of discoveries that future generations will recognise as one of the glories of our age. The strong evidence for a quality called 'charm' helps to make sense of the cosmic forces that build stars and atoms and living things. Enigmatic 'black holes' in space are becoming more credible. And the searchers describe how the wonderful variety in nature all comes out of a single primeval Big Bang.
"Nothing makes me more hopeful that our generation holds the key to the universe in our hands: that perhaps in our lifetime we may be able to tell why this immense universe of galaxies and particles is logically inevitable." (Steven Weinberg, Harvard University)
Commentary spoken by Eric Porter
Co-produced with Channel 11-WTTW Chicago
(Repeated next Sunday)
Book (same title) £5.95, from bookshops

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Nigel Calder
Commentary spoken by:
Eric Porter
Music:
James Kenelm Clarke
Film Cameraman:
David Feig
Film editor:
Christopher Woolley
Studio Lighting:
Peter Booth
Graphic Design:
Alan Jeapes
Studio Director:
John Gorman
Producer:
Alec Nisbett

BBC Two England

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