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World Service,20 Sep 2006,22 mins

Does the universe go on forever?

A Brief History of Infinity

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Astronomer Heather Couper considers the idea of infinity and its history, and looks beyond the known universe to try to measure whether it has a beginning and end. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2006.

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