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Researched and Written by Leila Battison

Narrated and Edited by David Kelly

Animations by the superb Jero Squartini https://www.fiverr.com/share/0v7Kjv using Manim MIT License, (c) 20202023 3Blue1Brown LLC

Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazz...

Art by Joseph Ioseliani

Sound Editing by Jack White

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Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid
Galaxies, space videos from NASA and ESO

Image Credits:

UY Scuti By ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 DSS2: http://aladin.ustrasbg.fr/AladinLite..., CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Peter Higgs By Bengt Nyman Flickr: IMG_7516, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Particle collision By Brookhaven National Laboratory https://www.flickr.com/photos/1130437..., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Cloud Chamber by Stephen Curry, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

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00:00 Introduction
05:44 1. The Planck Era: First TenTredecillionth Of A Second
18:51 2. Grand Unification: First Undecillionth of A Second
26:56 3. Inflation: First Picosecond
41:43 4. The Higgs and Mass: First Billionth of a Second
56:06 5. Fine Tuning, Protons, Neutrons and Antimatter: First Millionth of a Second
1:13:23 6. Neutrinos and Primordial Black Holes: First Second
1:31:59 7. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: First Minute
1:44:12 8. The First Molecule: First 100,000 Years
1:54:59 9. First Atoms, First Light: First 380,000 Years
2:10:23 10: Dark Matter and Dark Energy: First Million Years