[LEAPSECS] Hawking / PBS TV show about Time

[Peter Vince]

I've just seen a trailer on the UK version of National Geographic, and the
series starts here on Saturday the 4th of June.

     Peter



On 18 May 2016 at 18:09, Tom Van Baak <tvb at leapsecond.com> wrote:

> Slightly off-topic, but this may be of interest to some of you who aren't
> also on the time-nuts list.
>
> Tonight, Wednesday evening (May 18) look for a TV show on National
> Geographic or PBS called "Genius by Stephen Hawking". Episode 1: Can We
> Time Travel?
>
> I mention this because I may be in this episode, or at least my atomic
> clocks and car are in it. Last year a UK-based production company contacted
> me and I offered to help them by repeating the relativity experiment I did
> years ago on Mt Rainier.
>
> This time we chose the summit of 9100 foot Mt Lemmon (near Tucson, AZ) and
> in January I drove down with all the clocks and equipment. The six-part
> Hawking series covers a wide variety of science topics and this atomic
> clock bit is just one small part, of one episode, of one series. Still, it
> was quite adventure.
>
> PBS info here:
> http://www.pbs.org/genius-by-stephen-hawking/episodes/episode-1/
>
> Some background on the experiment:
> http://LeapSecond.com/great2016a/
>
> And more photos and technical information:
> http://LeapSecond.com/great2016a/photos.htm
>
> Thanks,
> /tvb
> www.LeapSecond.com
>
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