EINSTEIN

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: This is the extraordinary story of Albert Einstein and his 15-year battle to prove his Theory of General Relativity amid the violence of war and his tumultuous personal life.; ; In 1907, Einstein challenged two centures of scientific belief and Sir Isaac Newton with a mind-boggling theory: Gravity is not pulling you down. Instead, massive bodies like the Sun and the Earth are bending space and time around you, pushing you down. He then had to prove his theory to unconvienced scientists. He figured that light from a distant star, as it passes right next to the sun and the sun's gravitational field, will be bent. And the only way to see that would be to potograph a total solar eclipse. Fiercely competitve astronomers raced each other to exotic locations to see if Einstein was right... or wrong. Hardships, weather, mathematical mistakes, and war foiled their expeditions until 1922 when the photographic proof was clearly, and without doubt, captured. It launched Albert Einstein as a global icon celebrated around the world for his genius - and his humanity.; ; This rich DVD from History moves beyond theories and the cult of personality to breathe new life into the man, not the myth.
• Cast: Ted Marcoux, Frank Koughan, Susan Werbe, Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman
• Director: Thomas Jahn
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: A & E Home Video
• Media Format: Movie