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Stephen Hawking | Genius | Six-Part Series |

WKAR Public Media | By EDITOR

Published May 10, 2016 at 4:23 PM EDT

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Stephen Hawking

Courtesy of Bigger Bang / PBS

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Marisol, Norman and Paul on top of Mount Lemmon observatory. This is as part of the final Demo where they have used atomic clocks to see the affects of gravity on time.

Courtesy of Freya Williams / Bigger Bang Communications / PBS

Wednesdays May 18 - Jun. 1 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 | In each of the six episodes, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking presents three ordinary people with a series of physical and mental challenges to show them how to think like a genius.
In the first episode "Can We Time Travel?" Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

In the second episode "Are We Alone?" Professor Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.