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The life and work of Albert Einstein. Looks at the man behing the genius and his inspiration to accomplish so much. Draws on Einstein’s personal letters and newly released material. Andrew Sachs plays...
Chronicles how Einstein became an advocate for peace, using excerpts from his diaries, personal letters and writings. Looks at some of the 20th century’s most important events from Einstein’s point of...
A collection of material on Einstein’s life and work. Includes a virtual encounter with the scientist, an interactive simulation playhouse for testing his theories, a timeline, and a library.
Explores experimental methodology. Examples range from Einstein’s general theory of relativity to the examination of the constituents of air and physiological tests. In terms of personalities, contrasts...
A mainly photographic record of the life of Albert Einstein is followed by a survey of the advances made in nuclear physics since his time. Stresses the importance of funding to keep pace with modern...
Explains Einstein’s theory of relativity using animation to illustrate the basic concepts. Discusses the philosophical framework behind Einstein’s ideas - the theory that physical reality is independent...
Surveys some of the important concepts in relativity by providing an introduction to the topics of relative velocity, addition of velocities, the constancy of the velocity of light, time dilation, muon...
Examines Einstein’s theoretical prediction that light from a star could be bent when passing close to the sun, and recounts the quantitative confirmation of this prediction during the 1919 eclipse of the...
A biography of Einstein using newsreel footage. A small part of the film is devoted to discussing Einstein’s contribution to physics; the major part deals with his life and the political context in which...
Newton’s synthesis of terrestrial and celestial mechanics was so successful that it seemed that all of physics - and perhaps all of life - was deterministic. Newton’scheme allows for infinite speeds. In...
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