Through the Wormhole - Season 5 - Eps 3: Is Poverty Genetic?
Are the wealthy just born in the right place at the right time? Are the poor victims of a system designed to keep them down? Or do physics and biology determine who is rich and who is poor? Throughout history, distribution of wealth is governed by hidden forces: DNA, environmental stress, patterns of human migration and even the laws of thermodynamics! Nature seems to demand winners and losers in life. But does this mean greed is king, and the rich can take what they want? Or is cooperation – between microorganisms, monkeys, and humans – more essential to survival of a species?
About Through the Wormhole
Title: Through the Wormhole
First Air Date: 2010-06-09
Last Air Date: 2017-05-16
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 148 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 62
Network: Science
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: The Incubator Theater, Revelations Entertainment
Synopsis
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
