# The Creation of the Universe

- Institution: CERN
- Department: CERN Colloquium
- Speaker: Stephen Hawking
- Year: 2009
- Language: English
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3015587)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Gravity and quantum theory cause the Universe to be spontaneously created out of nothing. Most of these universes are quite unlike our own but we select out a subset that are compatible with what we observe.

Please note that Professor Hawking's talk will be broadcasted in the following rooms :

TH auditorium (4-3-006) TE auditorium (30-7-018) 40-S2-A01 40-S2-C01 BE Meyrin (6-2-024) BE Prévessin (864-1-D02).

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## Lectures

1. [The Creation of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3015587/03e2ee8d97cb), 27 min (CERN's player)