Einstein's Universe (1979) - Nigel Calder, Peter Ustinov

[robphy]

In contributing to the thread https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/i-need-recommendations-to-read-about-physics.996304/ ,
I see that the video that greatly influenced me to study relativity
is now available online on YouTube (made available by the film distributor).

In 7th-grade, after watching that video and (by chance) getting a copy of the accompanying book
by Nigel Calder ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/0517385708/?tag=pfamazon01-20 ), I was hooked.

Enjoy...
Here is Einstein's Universe (1979)... staring Peter Ustinov, Nigel Calder,
with appearances by Sidney Drell, Roger Penrose, Dennis Sciama, Irwin Shapiro, John Archibald Wheeler, and others
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6061610/

 

[TSny]

@robphy, thanks for posting this. I remember watching this program on TV when it first came out. I thought it was great. Ustinov's dry humor adds to the enjoyment .

 

[vanhees71]

I didn't know that this was a movie. I've also read the book when I was in high school (the German translation), and I loved it too.