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Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer

Special Thanks
Michael Kelsey, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
John Rigden, Washington University in St. Louis
George Stephans, MIT
John Essick, Reed College

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Einstein's Big Idea homepage
Photo: (Einstein in 1905) © Bettmann/Corbis Images

The Legacy of E = mc2
Photos: (E = mc2 on blackboard) © Jose Antonio Santiso/iStockphoto; (walnut) © Pierre Janssen/iStockphoto; (PET scan) © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS; (hand/sun) © Heather Ringler/iStockphoto; (Monet's water lilies) © Philadelphia Museum of Art/CORBIS; (Einstein audio) Courtesy of American Institute of Physics, © J. Arthur Rank Organization, Ltd., 1948; (Einstein photo in audio popup) © Bettmann/CORBIS

The Producer's Story
Photos: (Albert Einstein/Pablo Picasso) © Bettmann/CORBIS; (men on platform, Einstein and Mileva, crew in café, Gary Johnstone) Judy Goldhill, © WGBH/NOVA

The Equation Today
Photos: (Stephon Alexander) Courtesy Stephon Alexander; (space) © NASA (Michael Kelsey, accelerator) Courtesy SLAC; (Caolionn O'Connell, SLAC overhead) Courtesy SLAC

Einstein The Nobody
Photos: (Einstein at lectern) © Corbis, (Einstein as a boy, Einstein in 1905) © Bettmann/Corbis Images; (David Bodanis) Courtesy David Bodanis

The Theory Behind the Equation
Photos: (Isaac Newton) Courtesy of the Trustees of the Portsmouth Estate; (James Clerk Maxwell) public domain; (Einstein in patent office) © Einstein Archives, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; (Bern clock tower) © Underwood & Underwood/CORBIS; (Annalen der Physik cover) Courtesy © 2005 Wiley-VCH, Germany; (1911 conference) © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS; (E = mc2 manuscript) © Einstein Archives, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; (Michio Kaku) Courtesy Michio Kaku

Genius Among Geniuses
Photos: (Isaac Newton engraving) Courtesy Wikipedia.org; (Albert Einstein) Courtesy Yousuf Karsh/Library and Archives Canada; (Max Planck) Courtesy Clendening History of Medicine Library, University of Kansas Medical Center; (Niels Bohr) Courtesy Wikipedia.org; (Marie Curie) Courtesy Library of Congress; (Satyendranath Bose) Courtesy MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; (Elegant Universe Web page) © WGBH/NOVA; (Thomas Levenson) Courtesy Thomas Levenson

Relativity and the Cosmos
Photos: (Einstein) © Bettmann/Corbis Images; (swirling gas disk) Courtesy AURA/STSCI/NASA; (distant galaxies) Courtesy AURA/STSCI/NASA; Images: (Einstein animation still) animation by S. Raciti, © WGBH/NOVA

The Power of Tiny Things
Photos: (atomic explosion) Courtesy U.S. Department of Energy; (paper clip, New York skyline, light bulb) © iStockphoto; (uranium ore, lump of coal) Courtesy USGS/House Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources; (amoeba) Courtesy Dr. Ralf Wagner/Wikimedia Commons; (Earth and sun from space) Courtesy NASA; (solar flares, space shuttle launch) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (penny) Courtesy U.S. Mint; (Einstein's house) Courtesy Dr. Y. S. Kim; (Earth from space) Courtesy NASA; (flea) Courtesy Wikimedia.org

E = mc2 Explained
Photos: (Nima Arkani-Hamed) Courtesy Nima Arkani-Hamed; (Janet Conrad) Courtesy Janet Conrad; (Sheldon Glashow) © Boston University; (Brian Greene) © Andrea Cross; (Alan Guth) Courtesy Alan Guth; (Tim Halpin-Healy) Courtesy Tim Halpin-Healy; (Lene Hau) Courtesy Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; (Michio Kaku) Courtesy Michio Kaku; (Neil deGrasse Tyson) © Harry Heliotis; (Frank Wilczek) Courtesy Frank Wilczek

Ancestors of E = mc2
Photos: (Michael Faraday portrait) Courtesy Wikipedia.org; (Faraday's apparatus) © DK Limited/Corbis Images; (iron filings) Courtesy NASA; (Robert Recorde portrait) Courtesy MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; (Antoine Lavoisier portrait) © Archivo Iconografico, S.A./Corbis Images; (rusty gears) © iStockphoto.com; (guillotine) © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis Images; (Ole Roemer portrait) Courtesy Rundetaarn; (Giovanni Cassini portrait) Courtesy MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; (Io and Jupiter) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (Emilie du Châtelet portrait) Courtesy Wikipedia.org; (Voltaire portrait) Courtesy Wikimedia Commons; (du Châtelet diagrams) Courtesy University of Hamburg; Image: ("equals" graphic) © WGBH/NOVA

Einstein Quotes
Photo: (Albert Einstein) public domain

The Light Stuff
Photo: (still life in kitchen) Márta Fodor, © WGBH/NOVA

Einstein Time Line
Photos: (compass) © WGBH/NOVA; (Mileva Maric) © Albert Einstein Gesellschaft; (Einstein at blackboard) Courtesy Hebrew University of Jerusalem; (solar eclipse) © WGBH/NOVA; Image: (atom graphic) © WGBH/NOVA

TV Program Description
(Aidan McArdle as Einstein) © WGBH/NOVA

Library Guide
Photos: Front cover: Albert Einstein (Aidan McArdle) by Rob Kennard, Emilie du Châtelet (Hélène de Fougerolles) by Eric Giardot, Michael Faraday (Stephen Robertson) by Judy Goldhill; Page 1: Eric Giardot; Page 4: Judy Goldhill; Back cover: Judy Goldhill. All photos © 2005 WGBH. Illustrations: © 2005 Hannah Bonner.

 

Narrated by
John Lithgow

Based on the book
E=mc2 : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
by David Bodanis

Written, Produced and Directed by
Gary Johnstone

Director of Photography
Christopher Titus King

Film Editor
Rick Aplin

Line Producer
Vanessa Tovell

Composer
Michael J McEvoy

Production Designer
Judith Stanley Smith

Make Up & Costume Designer
Erika Okvist

Casting Director
Sarah Trevis

Head of Operations
Ulla Streib

Executive Producer for Darlow Smithson Productions
John Smithson


Cast (in order of Appearance)

Albert Einstein
Aidan McArdle

Mileva Maric
Shirley Henderson

Michael Faraday
Steven Robertson

Brande
Gregory Fox-Murphy

Chater
Alex Macqueen

Humphry Davy
Sam West

Newman
Robert Styles

Hermann Einstein
Brendan Fleming

Proffesseur Fritz Muhlberg
Mike Sarne

Marie Anne Lavoisier
Ty Glaser

Antoine Lavoisier
Julian Rhind-Tutt

Count de Amerval
Philip Herbert

Baroness de la Garde
Di Trevis

Marat
Stephen Noonan

Manson
James Tovell

Besso
Rowan Schlosberg

Maxwell
Richard Hansell

Emilie du Châtelet
Hélène de Fougerolles

Charles de Breteuil
Ian Duncan

Emilie's Tutor
Richard Mulholland

Emilie's Father
George Layton

Voltaire
Anton Lesser

Algarotti
Daniel D'Alessandro

Maupertuis
Andrew Callaway

Dr. Haller
Chris Jenkinson

Habicht
Andrew Crabb

Lise Meitner
Emily Woof

Otto Hahn
Christian Pedersen

Strassman
Michael Mueller

Horlein
Wolf Kahler

Robert Frisch
Simon Tcherniak


Voice Coach
Julia Wilson-Dickson

Production Manager
Josh Pitt

1st Assistant Director
Nick Justin

2nd Assistant Director
Alex Gibb

Production Coordinator
Claire McLeary

Production Secretary
Frances Casey

Casting Assistant
Tammy Kempinski

Location Managers
Harry Ponsonby
Malcolm D. Y. Treen

Archive Researcher
Paul Gardner

Associate Producer
Stefanie Kern

Research
Tes Asfaw

3rd Assistant Director
Grisha Nikolsky

Production Runners
Freddie Crichton Stuart
Tom Holland

Focus Puller
Nic Lawson

Assistant Camera
Tom Legge
Simon Surtees

Key Grip
Rob Gilman

Steadicam
John Hembrough

Gaffer
Nick Green

Electricians
Steve Hudson
Colin Thwaites

Sound Recordist
Freddie Claire

Boom Operator
Rob Manning

Art Director
Gerard Bryan

Standby Art Director
Toby Riches

Construction Manager
Laurence Maskell

Art Department Assistants
Roddy Dolan
Yasemin Rashit
Carl Doherty

 

Costume Supervisor
Jane Fox

Costume Assistants
Maria Papandreas
Laura Wair

Make Up Supervisor
Corinne Robinson

Make Up Artists
Amy Moorcraft
Helen Eames

Post Production Supervisor
Richard Gillespie

Colorist
Jet Omoshebi

Audio Mix
Graham Kirkman

Graphics
Framestore

Additional Advisors
Vera Rubin
Christopher J. Chiaverina
C.W. Francis Everitt

With Thanks to
Robert Krulwich
Arthur Donovan
SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
Neil Calder
Stephon Alexander
Caolionn O'Connell
Michael Kelsey
Adélaïde & Yves Bataillon Debès, Chateau Cirey
Louise Productions, Switzerland
Bern Tourism
Centre national de la cinématographie
Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique (CEA)
CNRS Images
Ministère délégué à l'enseignement supérieur et à la recherché
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères

Archival Material
ALBERT EINSTEIN and related rights(TM)/© of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, used under license. Represented by The Roger Richman Agency, Inc.

Footage Farm
AKG
Institute & Museum of History of Science, Florence
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ESA & Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre
M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen
Mary Evans Picture Library


French Crew

Production Manager
Marc-Andre Brunet

Production Co-Ordinator
Jill Coulon

Unit Manager
Ronald Brault

Researcher
Laurence Uebersfeld

Prop Master
Caroline Lebeau

Driver
Emmanuel Kuster


Swiss Crew

Production Manager
Heinz Dill

Location Manager
Ashi Michel

Prop Master
HP Michel


American Crew

Researcher
David Condon

Production Assistant
Anna Lee Strachan

Steadicam
James Reid

Gaffer
Charles Griswold

Electrician
Brent Cyr

Stylist
Pauline Barry


Executive Producer For Channel 4
Simon Andreae

Executive Producer For Arte
Hélène Coldefy

Executive Producer For NDR
Wolfgang Buck

Executive Producer For Tetra Media
Christine Le Goff


NOVA Series Graphics
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NOVA Theme Music
Walter Werzowa
John Luker
Musikvergnuegen, Inc.

Additional NOVA Theme Music
Ray Loring

Post Production Online Editors
Spencer Gentry
Mark Steele

Closed Captioning
The Caption Center

NOVA Administrator
Dara Bourne

Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton
Olivia Wong

Senior Researcher
Barbara Moran

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako

Paralegal
Richard Parr

Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko

Post Production Assistant
Alex Kreuter

Associate Producers, Post Production
Nathan Gunner
Patrick Carey

Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole

Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto

Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch

Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart

Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane

Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham

Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson

Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace

Managing Director
Alan Ritsko

Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell

  

A NOVA Production by Darlow Smithson Productions for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4, and Arte/France,Tetra Media and Norddeutscher Rundfunk.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0407104. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

© 2005 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.

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