Einstein's big idea
2005
DVD
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=mcø, and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781593753177
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: CHVR: Not rated.
Other Title: Nova. Einstein's big idea [DVD]
Notes:
- Based on the book E=mc2 by David Bodanis.
- Printable materials for educators and librarians, and access to the Nova website, are available via DVD-ROM access.
- Featuring Aidan McArdle, Shirley Henderson ; Narrator, John Lithgow.
- Originally broadcast on television on Nova in 2005.
- Major funding provided by the National Science Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Department of Energy
- DVD ; Dolby digital.
- For private home use only.
- Described video for the visually impaired.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Publisher or Distributor Number: WG 38889
Control Number: 530810
UPC: 783421388895
Publisher: [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Boston Video, [2005]Series:
Subjects:
- Bodanis, David. E=mc2 -- Film adaptations.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Force and energy.
- Mass (Physics)
- Mathematical physics.
- Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary television programs.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
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