Stephen Hawking teaches you how to think like a genius in his new TV series
Renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking is coming to the small screen in the U.S. starting Wednesday, when a six-part series begins airing on PBS and National Geographic.
The show, Genius By Stephen Hawking, explores what it takes to think like a scientific genius.
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In each episode, a different group of ordinary people are challenged to think like the greatest scientific minds in history in order to solve some of humanity’s most enduring questions.
The series airs on PBS on Wednesdays from May 18 to June 1, and it will air internationally on the National Geographic Channel.
"It’s a fun show that tries to find out if ordinary people are smart enough to think like the greatest minds who ever lived. Being an optimist, I think they will,” Hawking said in a press release.
The show explores diverse fields from evolutionary biology to astrophysics and quantum mechanics, exploring questions like “Can we travel through time?” and "Are we alone?"
In this clip, a Mashable exclusive, Hawking challenges three ordinary people to solve a challenge involving physics, a heavy ball, a martini glass and an olive.
Trust us, the broken glasses are meant to prove a scientific point.
Here is the trailer for the show:
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