Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony

Synopsis: To mark the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s special theory of relativity and his discovery that E=MC squared, this film mixes drama and documentary to tell the story of how Einstein spent the last years of his life trying to produce a theory that would disprove the implications of much of his earlier work. It was a struggle that lasted right up until the day he died. At the heart of this film is the conflict between Einstein the rational, objective scientist and Einstein the dreamer, the man who believed that he would one day find a way to read the mind of God. The drama features performances, from David Graham, as Einstein and Annette Badland as his nurse who is with him in the last days of his life. The documentary tells the story of Einstein’s great discoveries and how they came to haunt him in his later years.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2007
Year of production: 2005
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 20/1/2005
Subjects: Physics; Science
Keywords: Einstein, Albert; history of science; philosophy of science; relativity theory; dramatised documentary films

Cast

Annette Badland
David Graham

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