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Einstein's big idea
- Title
- Einstein's big idea [videorecording] / 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.
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Published/Produced
- [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Cast
- Aidan McArdle, Shirley Henderson, Steven Robertson, Gregory Fox-Murphy, Alex Macqueen, Sam West.
- Credits
- Director of photography, Christopher Titus King ; film editor, Rick Aplin ; composer, Michael J McEvoy ; narrator, John Lithgow.
- System details
- DVD, all regions (NTSC); Dolby stereo; PC with DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat Reader required for special features.
- Local Notes
- I-UNIVLIB: No public performance rights.
- Language
- Closed-captioned; described for the visually impaired (optional).
- 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.
- Notes
- Based on book, E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation, by David Bodanis. Documentary. Letterbox presentation. Special features: printable guides for teachers and librarians. Originally aired on PBS as a segment of the television program Nova.
- Target audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Subject headings
- Bodanis, David--Film adaptations. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Mass (Physics) Force and energy. Mathematical physics. Physicists--Biography.
- Genre heading
- Biographical television programs. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Documentary Television. Biographical Television.
- Other contributors
- Johnstone, Gary, 1959- McArdle, Aidan. Henderson, Shirley, 1965- Lithgow, John, 1945- Bodanis, David. E=mc². Darlow Smithson Productions. Channel Four (Great Britain) ARTE France. Tetra Media. Norddeutscher Rundfunk. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) WGBH Video (Firm)
- Other titles
- Nova (Television program)
- ISBN
- 1593753179 9781593753177
- Standard Identifier
- 783421388895 00783421388895