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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.
6 August 1939, London, England, UK
1967, Newcastle on Tyne, England, UK
20 July 1968, West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
14 February 1952, Birmingham, England, UK
19 June 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
2 March 1943, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
November 8, 1947 in Birmingham, England, UK
25 February 1973, Vannes, Morbihan, France
1980, Moss, Norway
20 May 1959, London, England, UK
27 February 1948, Paris, France
28 January 1957, London, England, UK
19 October 1945, Rochester, New York, USA
24 November 1965, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, UK
3 April 1940, Kiel, Germany
