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Title:

Einstein's universe / produced in association with WGBH Boston ; written by Nigel Calder ; produced by Martin Freeth.

Edition:

Restored and remastered.

Publisher:

Corinth Films,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Authors:

Calder, Nigel, 1931-2014, screenwriter. screenwriter.
Freeth, Martin, film producer.
Ustinov, Peter, on-screen presenter. on-screen presenter.
Brecher, Kenneth, commentator.
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-2016, commentator.
Penrose, Roger, commentator.
Sargent, Wallace Leslie William, 1935-2012, commentator.
Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926- commentator.
Shapiro, Irwin I., commentator.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008, commentator.
Clarke, Malcolm (Composer), composer.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Corinth Films, publisher.
RB Media, film distributor.

Notes:

Program content: ©1979. Narrator/host, Peter Ustinov ; commentators, Kenneth Brecher, Nigel Calder, Sidney Drell, Roger Penrose, Wallace Sargent, Dennis Sciama, Irwin Shapiro, John Archibald Wheeler.

Summary:

A documentary produced in 1979 by WGBH and the BBC to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel Calder, the author of the accompanying book of the same title, the film takes place at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory where a staff of renowned scientists and physicists take both Ustinov and the viewer through a hands on experience of the various facets of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1013884410

UPC:

896137001009

Locations:

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)