Einstein and E=mc^2
Based on David Bodanis’ bestseller, and shot on location, this is the story of history’s most celebrated formula, E=mc^2, and the five great scientists who brought it to life.
The docudrama, which first aired in 2005 and which boasts an all-star cast, spans 250 years, and tells the human story behind the science.
The youthful romance of Einstein and his future wife Mileva is intertwined with some of the great scientific discoveries of the 19th century, which Einstein ultimately combined in his astonishing theory of relativity.
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Mr. K.Popper, thank you.
An extraordinary documentary which is able to unleash the combination of several incredible insights used to produce the one equation that is able to explain to many things.
Amazing… informative
SUPER FANTABULOUS
I quite enjoyed this excellent production! Bravo!
I got a BIG BANG! Out of watching it…
I now see GOD as an equation.
~eff
The big thing, as I see it, is the day Einstein went on that walk with his physicist friend in Bern, Switzerland. He is looking at the clocks at various distances away from where he was standing, he pauses a couple of moments and his face changes. No matter what comes after that, he has had that flash of inspiration. That moment when he saw something that no-one before him had seen. That is what the beauty of this whole thing is. Nothing and no-one could take that moment away from him. The authorship of the papers, the money, the fame, you could toss it all away. None of it compares with being the one to make the leap that he had :-)
Indeed, the same could be said of Meitner.
Nice documentary.
amazing documentary ! but i’d never expect Einstein being such a mother**ck !! Leaving his wife and his child right when he finally made it and they no longer had to struggle ! Soooo selfish !
I really liked how this documentary intertwines all these stories with different contributors and their lives and characters ! Story of some exceptional people..
Ira,
“Mother**ck!!”. Is there a reason why you have to judge someone you’ve never met so harshly? I know something about Einstein’s private life as well and yes, it can hardly be described as sqeaky clean and saintly. The point is: no-one’s personal history can and if you think that people who have contributed to humanity in some way are all some how immune to human infallibilities, then you’ll be in for many disappointments in life. What a thing to say! The fact is that neither you, me or anyone apart from those actually involved have any right to comment on Einstein’s private life.
Regards.
Extremely well done. Not only was it informative, it was very well produced. Every aspect of the script, acting, scene, and of course the content, was amazing. On such a over-hashed subject as E=mc^2, this documentary was truly fresh, insightful and relevant. Good job.