NOVA: PHYSICS - THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE AND BEYOND

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: The Elegant Universe; Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory; ; Join host Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe, for an in-depth exploration of the ground-breaking new string theory that will excite scientists and non-scientits alike. If string theory proves correct, the universe we see obscures a reality that is far richer and more complex than anyone ever imagined - a universe with numerous hidden dimensions, a universe in which the fabric of space can rip and tear, a universe that may be but one of many parallel universes.; ; Beginning with simple and clear explanations of major concepts of physics, including gravity, electromagnetism, and relativity, The Elegant Universe illuminates how string theory proposes that the fundamental ingreduents of nature are inconceivably tiny strands of energy, whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe. if proven correct, this 'Theory of Everything' would unite the laws of large - general relativity - and the laws of the small - quantum mechanics - breaking a conceptual logjam that has fustrated scientists for nearly a century.; ; Einstein's Big Idea; Everyone's heard of it but what does E=mc2 really mean ? With brilliant period recreations, discover how an obscure patent clerk, Albert Einstein, came up with his shattering 1905 discovery that the realms of matter and energy are inescapably linked. Starring Aidan McArdle (Ella Enchanted) as Einstein, and Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones's Diary) as Einstein's first wife, Mileva Maric.; ; Einstein Revealed; Journey into the mind of a genius in this penetrating profile of the world's most renowed physicist, who contributed more that any other to out modern vision of physical reality. Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) starts as Albert Einstein.
• Cast: Joseph McMaster
• Director: Joseph McMaster
• Runtime: 6:52
• Company: WGBH Boston Video
• Media Format: Series