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Einsteins Big Idea (E mc²)
This docudrama examines the history of scientific discovery that lead up to Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 and its aftermath in the creation of nuclear energy. This includes Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic fields; Antoine Lavoisier's discovery that mass is never lost; and Emilie du Chatelet's demonstration that Newton's calculation of the velocity of a falling object was incorrect. By 1905, the miracle year where the publication Einstein's four physics papers changed over 200 years of scientific fundamentals, all of this came together with his now famous equation. Afterwards, Lise Meisner's work on uranium let to her conclusion that splitting an atom would release large amounts of energy.
November 8, 1947 in Birmingham, England, UK
28 January 1957, London, England, UK
20 May 1959, London, England, UK
20 July 1968, West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
14 February 1952, Birmingham, England, UK
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
6 August 1939, London, England, UK
25 February 1973, Vannes, Morbihan, France
1973
2 March 1943, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
1970, Dublin, Ireland
16 February 1964, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
19 June 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
1964, London, England, UK
1967, Newcastle on Tyne, England, UK
27 February 1948, Paris, France
1980, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
24 January 1975, Johannesburg, South Africa
1980, Moss, Norway
