Nova The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time (Season 38, Episode 22)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

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Nova

The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time (Season 38, Episode 22)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

This program challenges our traditional questions about time such as; does it flow in one direction or does it flow at all? Does everyone experience the same now? Is time travel possible? Will time come to an end?

Director

Randall MacLowry

Writers

Brian Greene (based on the book) | Randall MacLowry (story by) (telescript) | Joseph McMaster (story by)

Producers

Elizabeth Andrade | Randall MacLowry | Lisa Mirowitz

Composer

Ed Tomney

Cinematographer

Mike Coles

Editors

Steve Audette | Nathan Hendrie | Jonathan Sahula

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 9, 2011

Release date

2011 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
David Albert Self - Columbia University Self - Columbia University See fewer	What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
Kelly Calabrese Spaceport Attendant Spaceport Attendant See fewer	Surveilled (2021)
Sean Carroll Self - Cosmologist Self - Cosmologist See fewer	Earth to Echo (2014)
Albert Einstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Schooling the World (2010)
Peter Galison Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University See fewer	Containment (IV) (2015)
Sylvester James Gates Jr. Self - University of Maryland (as S. James Gates JR.) Self - University of Maryland (as S. James Gates JR.) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Brian Greene Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Deja Vu (2006)
Alan Guth Self - Theoretical Physicist, MIT Self - Theoretical Physicist, MIT See fewer	Nova (1974)
Steven Jefferts Self - NIST (as Steve Jefferts) Self - NIST (as Steve Jefferts) See fewer	Nova (1974)
David Kaiser Self - MIT Self - MIT See fewer	Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe (2019)
Janna Levin Self - Theoretical Physicist Self - Theoretical Physicist See fewer	Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe (2019)
Joseph Lykken Self - Fermilab Self - Fermilab See fewer	Nova (1974)
William D. Phillips Self - NIST (as William Phillips) Self - NIST (as William Phillips) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jay O. Sanders Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Max Tegmark Self - Theoretical Physicist Self - Theoretical Physicist See fewer	Life 3.0