Bibliograph

Albert Einstein and the theory of everything, BBC Education & Training ; a BBC/The Science Channel co-production ; writer, Jeremy Hylton Davies ; produced and directed by Nick Green

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Label

Albert Einstein and the theory of everything, BBC Education & Training ; a BBC/The Science Channel co-production ; writer, Jeremy Hylton Davies ; produced and directed by Nick Green

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Albert Einstein and the theory of everything

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

61723442

Responsibility statement

BBC Education & Training ; a BBC/The Science Channel co-production ; writer, Jeremy Hylton Davies ; produced and directed by Nick Green

Runtime

Summary

Revolted by quantum theory, Einstein spent his final decades trying to create and all-emcompassing mathematical model of the universe in which God indeed does not play dice. In this program, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku and experts from Cambridge, MIT, and elsewhere discuss Einstein's revolutionary time/space theories of 1905, the ascendancy of quantum mechanics and string theory, and Einstein's unswerving belief that the laws of nature--elegant and precise--must reveal a universe of divine predictability down to the last subatomic particle. A gripping dramatization fo Einstein's last two days paints a vivid portrait of an idealistic scientist who never gave up seeking

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Einstein's unfinished symphony

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