1953, New York. Egy elegáns szállodában találkozik Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio és Joseph MacCarthy szenátor, az ötvenes évek kulturális és politikai életének négy meghatározó alakja. A film rendezője ennek a fiktív randevúnak a keretében hűen mutatja be a személyeket, valamint a kort, amiben éltek, s eljátszik a gondolattal, hogy mi lett volna, ha...
A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel Calder.
Honnan jöttünk és merre tartunk? Jim Al-Khalili professzor erre a kérdésre keresi a választ és kutatja, vizsgálja az univerzumot.
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has revolutionised our understanding of gravity, space and time. Initially acclaimed, then forgotten, and now rediscovered, the adventure of this hundred-year-old theory has marked the scientific history of the 20th century. From its inception, a mathematical difficulty arose that could have nipped the theory in the bud: the Schwarzschild singularity. In the company of great international relativistic physicists, the viewer embarks on a discovery of this theory with a singular destiny. We discover a "curved" universe that proves to be even stranger than Einstein had envisioned, and harbours some objects - such as black holes - that still challenge today's scientists.
An educational physics film utilizing a fascinating set consisting of a rotating table and furniture occupying surprisingly unpredictable spots within the viewing area, Leacock’s Frames of Reference (1960), features fine cinematography by Abraham Morochnik, and funny narration by University of Toronto professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume, in a wonderful example of the fun a creative team of filmmakers can have with a subject other, less imaginative types might find pedestrian.
Structural study of a tree. Light, water and air coax it out of the soil in a manner foregrounding time’s relativity to different forms of life on Earth. Made the day my brother got his fork-lift license.