Anyone watch the E=mc² show on PBS last night

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:15 am

It was interesting seeing Einstien predecessors and how they quantified E, M, C, and the

Conner · Post by **Conner** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:49 pm

I didn't see it last night, but I mananged to catch a previous airing of it a few months ago. Quite entertaining. My wife was watching it last night and told me it was on. When I told her I'd already seen it, she called me a nerd. I think she's right.

You can get a copy of it on dvd here http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:08 am

Thanks for the link. I want to see the rest.

I only saw it up to the part where Emilie de Breteuil proved Newton's formula was off, by dropping the weights into clay at different hieghts and measuring the indentations.

If being facinated by the process of discovery, and how things work, makes me a nerd so beit.

Live long and Prosper

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:17 am

I remember seeing an old episode of Nova where they went into this a bit and the speed of light. The part that I remember is how they showed a scenario of a guy getting on a motorcycle or bike...a toddler in the background playing near a park bench. The they used all these blur effects to show the guy travelling at the speed of light and returning to the same spot. He was the same age, but the toddler was gone, replaced by an old man sitting on the bench....it was the former toddler. Mind-blowing concepts.