Einstein's big idea
by
 
Johnstone, Gary, 1959-

Title
Einstein's big idea

Author
Johnstone, Gary, 1959-

ISBN
9781593753177

Edition
Letterbox.

Publication Information
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Boston Video, [2005]

Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note
Based on book, E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation, by David Bodanis.
 
Documentary.
 
Special features: printable guides for teachers and librarians.

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.

Abstract
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.

Reading Level
MPAA rating: Not rated.

Personal Subject
Bodanis, David-Television adaptations.
 
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
 
Bodanis, David. (OCoLC)fst01460915
 
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. (OCoLC)fst00032023

Subject Term
Mass (Physics)
 
Force and energy.
 
Mathematical physics.
 
Physicists -- Biography.
 
Force and energy. (OCoLC)fst00931575
 
Mass (Physics) (OCoLC)fst01011206
 
Mathematical physics. (OCoLC)fst01012104
 
Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014

Genre
Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
 
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
 
Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
 
Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
 
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01710451
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
 
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
 
Biographical television programs.
 
Documentary -- Television.
 
Biographical -- Television.

Added Author
Johnstone, Gary, 1959-
 
McArdle, Aidan.
 
Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
 
Lithgow, John, 1945-
 
Bodanis, David. E=mc².

Added Corporate Author
Darlow Smithson Productions.
 
Channel Four (Great Britain)
 
ARTE France.
 
Tetra Media (Firm)
 
Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
 
WGBH Video (Firm)

Added Uniform Title
Nova (Television program)


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