The Big Bang — Episode 1.1 | From Cosmos to Civilization

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The Cosmic Microwave Background: temperature and polarisation
ESA
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Bontecou Lake Milky Way panorama
Juliancolton
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Inflation constraints in the scalar-index and tensor-to-scalar-ratio plane — Figure 1
L. Balkenhol, E. Camphuis, F. Finelli, K. Benabed, F. R. Bouchet, J. Carron, S. Galli, E. Hivon, A. R. Khalife, L. Knox, C. L. Reichardt, A. Vitrier, W. L. K. Wu
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Map
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Scientific image
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View of the LHCb experiment in its underground cavern (image: CERN)
CERN
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Charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays — Figure 1, decay illustration and diagrams
LHCb Collaboration
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Charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays — Figure 2, mass distributions
LHCb Collaboration
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Scientific figure · source page 6
Kislitsyn et al.
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Primordial helium abundance — Figure 20, helium versus oxygen abundance regression
Erik Aver, Evan D. Skillman, Richard W. Pogge, Noah S. J. Rogers, Miqaela K. Weller, Keith A. Olive, Danielle A. Berg, John J. Salzer, John H. Miller Jr., José Eduardo Méndez-Delgado
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Scientific figure · source page 4
Particle Data Group
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Scientific image
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Image of Act telescope
ACT Collaboration
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image acttemp
ACT Collaboration
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hep cosmology astrophysics 0 image
Argonne National Laboratory
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Animation design references 1 sources

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Scientific figure · source page 6
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Research references

Selected sources from the episode’s research and scientific figures.

Music

Meditation From The Star Orion
OctahedronMusic · Envato Elements

Footage and image usage

Credits and usage times retained from the published edition or its production credit record. Where present, times identify visual appearances, not documentary chapters. Source and licence corrections are listed in the visual credits above.

ESA - 0:40-0:43, image
ACT Collaboration - 17:55-18:01, act dr6 science image; 18:01-18:06, act dr6 science image
Argonne National Laboratory - 18:06-18:14, hep cosmology astrophysics 0 image
CERN - 8:47-8:55, image
Juliancolton - 1:24-1:38, Bontecou Lake Milky Way panorama
Springer Nature - 8:55-9:04, image; 9:04-9:13, image
Custom animations and figures: From Cosmos to Civilization. Third-party material incorporated into animations is credited on the linked sources page.

How this film was made

Created and editorially directed by Anders Lunde using a custom production system developed over six months. AI assists research, drafting, programming, and visual production; I review and edit the material and make the final editorial decisions. Narration uses text-to-speech. Visuals combine custom-built scientific animations, AI-generated reconstructions, and credited scientific imagery.

Generated reconstructions illustrate scientific interpretations. They are distinct from photographs, specimens, and measured data.

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Visual credits

The Cosmic Microwave Background: temperature and polarisation

Bontecou Lake Milky Way panorama

Inflation constraints in the scalar-index and tensor-to-scalar-ratio plane — Figure 1

Map

Scientific image

View of the LHCb experiment in its underground cavern (image: CERN)

Charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays — Figure 1, decay illustration and diagrams

Charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays — Figure 2, mass distributions

Scientific figure · source page 6

Primordial helium abundance — Figure 20, helium versus oxygen abundance regression

Scientific figure · source page 4

Scientific image

Image of Act telescope

image acttemp

hep cosmology astrophysics 0 image

Scientific figure · source page 6

Research references

Music

How this film was made