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Einstein's Big Idea

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Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In "Einstein's Big Idea," NOVA dramatizes the remarkable story behind this equation. E = mc2 was just one of several extraordinary breakthroughs that Einstein made in 1905, including the completion of his special theory of relativity, his identification of proof that atoms exist, and his explanation of the nature of light, which would win him the Nobel Prize in Physics. Among Einstein's ideas, E = mc2 is by far the most famous. Yet how many people know what it really means? In a thought-provoking and engrossing docudrama, NOVA illuminates this deceptively simple formula by unraveling the story of how it came to be.

Date: 10/11/2005
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Aidan McArdle, Anton Lesser, Andrew Callaway, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Shirley Henderson, Ty Glaser, Andy Crabbe, Samuel West, Daniel D'Alessandro, Brendan Fleming, Gregory Fox-Murphy, Philip Herbert, Chris Jenkinson, Wolf Kahler, George Layton, Alex MacQueen, Richard Mulholland, Stephen Noonan, Christopher Eccleston, John Lithgow, Steven Robertson, Christian Rubeck, Emily Woof, Ian Duncan, James Tovell

Aidan McArdle as Einstein in Einstein's Big Idea Aidan McArdle

Anton Lesser as Voltaire in Einstein's Big Idea Anton Lesser

Andrew Callaway

Julian Rhind-Tutt as Antoine Lavoisier in Einstein's Big Idea Julian Rhind-Tutt

Shirley Henderson as Mileva Maric in Einstein's Big Idea Shirley Henderson

Ty Glaser as Marie Anne Lavoisier in Einstein's Big Idea Ty Glaser

Andy Crabbe

Samuel West as Humphry Davy in Einstein's Big Idea Samuel West

Daniel D'Alessandro

Brendan Fleming

Gregory Fox-Murphy

Philip Herbert

Chris Jenkinson

Wolf Kahler as Horlein in Einstein's Big Idea Wolf Kahler

George Layton as Emilie’s Father in Einstein's Big Idea George Layton

Alex MacQueen as Chater in Einstein's Big Idea Alex MacQueen

Richard Mulholland

Stephen Noonan

Christopher Eccleston as Narrator (voice) in Einstein's Big Idea Christopher Eccleston

John Lithgow as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition in Einstein's Big Idea John Lithgow

Steven Robertson as Michael Faraday in Einstein's Big Idea Steven Robertson

Christian Rubeck as Otto Hahn in Einstein's Big Idea Christian Rubeck

Emily Woof as Lise Meitner in Einstein's Big Idea Emily Woof

Ian Duncan

James Tovell as Manson in Einstein's Big Idea James Tovell