| "The Big Beginning" is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It deals with the origins of our universe, covering the Big Bang theory, expansion and cooling of the universe, formation of galaxies, the interplay between matter and anti-matter, and cosmic radiation. The music video features Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Videos sampled for this installment include Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking; God, the Universe, and Everything Else; The Universe (History Channel); NOVA ScienceNOW; interviews with Richard Dawkins and Tara Shears, and Carl Sagan's Cosmos. The principal design for the motion graphic at the end was designed by Joe Snodgrass. Check out his record label: twitter.com . Thanks to him! Check out symphonyofscience.com for more science music videos. You can find links to all the sources used in this video at the website under "additional info" for each one. Enjoy! ~John Lyrics [Hawking] We observe that distant galaxies are moving away from us They must have been closer together in the past It was the beginning of the universe And of time itself Anything that happened before the big bang Could not affect what happened after [Dawkins] The poetry of the expanding universe The poetry of the complexity of life We're not normally equipped to understand And science gives it to us Science is opening your eyes To the wonderfulness of what's there Science is opening your eyes To the ... |
