Bibliograph

Einstein's big idea, a NOVA production by Darlow Smithson Productions for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4, and Arte/France, Tetra Media and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; written, directed and produced by Gary Johnstone

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Einstein's big idea, a NOVA production by Darlow Smithson Productions for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4, and Arte/France, Tetra Media and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; written, directed and produced by Gary Johnstone

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Einstein's big idea

Oclc number

61843630

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Originally aired on PBS as a segment of the television program Nova

Responsibility statement

a NOVA production by Darlow Smithson Productions for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4, and Arte/France, Tetra Media and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; written, directed and produced by Gary Johnstone

Runtime

112

Summary

Dramatizes how Einstein arrived at his 1905 discovery that the realms of matter and energy are linked. Reveals the roots of this breakthrough in the human stories of scientists Michael Farady, Antoine Lavoisier and Lise Maitner, whose innovative thinking across four centures helped lead to E=mc², and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom

Table Of Contents

Bern, Switzerland 1905 -- E is for energy, Michael Faraday -- M is for mass, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier -- C is for celeritas, James Clerk Maxwell -- 2 is for squared, Emilie du Châtelet -- E=mc², the holy grail of physics -- Unlocking the atom, Lise Meitner -- E=mc², the future

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

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