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Young Einstein
directed by and starring Yahoo Serious Fictional "alternative" biography of Albert Einstein |
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While the SkyWatch bookshelf is naturally devoted mostly to books,
I just couldn't resist putting this in. "Young Einstein" tells the
story of young Albert Einstein with a few changes - such as that instead of
Einstein being born in Ulm, Germany, he was born and grew up in Tasmania, Australia,
that he started his research by splitting the "beer molecule" and that among
his other accomplishments he invented Rock n' Roll. The movie is very silly but
it does contain some real physics, although presented in a rather unusual way. There is
a scene in which Einstein has a conversation on how space acts on matter
and matter acts on space with a group of prostitutes.
If you already know some relativity theory and you have a sense of humor, you will probably enjoy "Young Einstein". Albert Einstein who was not above being silly himself at times, probably would have also. |
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| Review by Ed Ehrlich | |