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Einstein's Big Idea

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Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In "Einstein's Big Idea,"…

DirectorGary Johnstone
WritersDavid Bodanis·Gary Johnstone

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Cast · Directed by Gary Johnstone

AMAidan McArdle
Aidan McArdle
Einstein
ALAnton Lesser
Anton Lesser
Voltaire
AC
Andrew Callaway
Maupertuis
JRJulian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antoine Lavoisier
SHShirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
Mileva Maric
TGTy Glaser
Ty Glaser
Marie Anne Lavoisier
AC
Andy Crabbe
Habicht
SWSamuel West
Samuel West
Humphry Davy
DD
Daniel D'Alessandro
Algarotti
BF
Brendan Fleming
Hermann Einstein
GF
Gregory Fox-Murphy
Brande
PH
Philip Herbert
Count de Amerval

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