Einstein and Eddington ( Einstein & Eddington )

Einstein and Eddington (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Einstein & Eddington
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Philip Martin

Written By:
Peter Moffat

Actors:
David Tennant ..... Arthur Eddington
Richard McCabe ..... Frank Dyson
Patrick Kennedy ..... William Marston
Ben Uttley ..... Tennis Player 1
Gyuri Sarossy ..... Tennis Player 2
Rebecca Hall ..... Winnie Eddington
Jim Broadbent ..... Sir Oliver Lodge
Andy Serkis ..... Albert Einstein
Jacob Theato ..... Eduard Einstein
Callum Williams ..... Hans Einstein
Lucy Cohu ..... Mileva Einstein
Donald Sumpter ..... Max Planck
Lucy Briers ..... Librarian
Anton Lesser ..... Fritz Haber
John Bowe ..... Leopold Koppel

Synopsis:

In the Spring of 1914, with Europe on the brink of war, no one had heard of an obscure German physicist called Albert Einstein. A British astronomer, Arthur Eddington, realised that Einstein's theories could unlock whole new ways of thinking about time and space. Despite the danger of being labelled traitors, the two men began a unique correspondence. An eclipse in Africa provided an opportunity to prove Einstein's theories to the world. Eddington, an unlikely hero, set out on a journey that would change people's perceptions of the universe forever.

Sir Arthur Eddington is a renowned physicist at Cambridge University and an expert in the measurement of the physical world. He along with all of his colleagues are also avowed Newtonians. Sir Oliver Lodge suggests that he read a new thesis put forward by a German-Swiss scientist named Albert Einstein who is suggesting that Sir Isaac Newton may have got it wrong. The expectation is that Einstein's theories will be disproven but Eddington admits that his General Theory of Relativity has merit. These are turbulent times as England and Germany are at war and Eddington's own loyalty is called into question when, as a Quaker, he refuses to fight. In the end, Eddington develops a series of tests to either prove or disprove Einstein's theories. For his part, Einstein has his own struggles during this period: the breakdown of his marriage, his integration into the university in Berlin and his own strident pacifism that led him to oppose German militarism and the First World War. In the end, Eddington proves Einstein's theories as correct causing what many believe to be the launch of modern day physics.

A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 November, 2009.

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