1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,540 Previously on Genius... 2 00:00:01,541 --> 00:00:04,407 This Rontgen fellow, snatched the credit you justly deserve. 3 00:00:04,408 --> 00:00:05,804 He's a rat, like the Jews. 4 00:00:05,805 --> 00:00:07,642 Rats, must be eradicated. 5 00:00:07,691 --> 00:00:10,249 It's only the very first Nobel, you will win the next one. 6 00:00:10,250 --> 00:00:11,718 In this class we will deal only with 7 00:00:11,719 --> 00:00:12,952 what has been proven. 8 00:00:12,953 --> 00:00:14,220 The existence of molecules has not. 9 00:00:14,221 --> 00:00:15,955 Oh you brought us Mr. Besso. 10 00:00:15,956 --> 00:00:17,256 Such a charming dinner companion. 11 00:00:17,257 --> 00:00:18,791 I do hope you return sooner 12 00:00:18,792 --> 00:00:20,293 rather than later Mr. Besso. 13 00:00:20,294 --> 00:00:22,599 I will find a formula to freeze time. 14 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:23,816 You won't even know I'm gone. 15 00:00:23,817 --> 00:00:25,322 Ah, what a lovely thought. 16 00:00:25,323 --> 00:00:27,917 Dear Frau Winteler, I write and ask you to share my 17 00:00:27,918 --> 00:00:30,031 feelings with your dearest Marie. 18 00:00:30,032 --> 00:00:32,373 She deserves more attention than I have to give. 19 00:00:32,754 --> 00:00:35,509 Mother, you know very well that I have someone else now. 20 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:37,655 Milena, you're the love of my life. 21 00:00:37,656 --> 00:00:39,993 That creature, she's just a nasty little witch. 22 00:00:39,994 --> 00:00:41,883 She's no witch, she's my wife. 23 00:00:41,884 --> 00:00:43,613 He's very busy, Papa. 24 00:00:43,614 --> 00:00:45,054 He can't even get a job. 25 00:00:45,055 --> 00:00:46,720 There is a position I know of at the patent office. 26 00:00:46,721 --> 00:00:48,514 I'm a scientist, Marcel. 27 00:00:48,515 --> 00:00:50,084 I'm better than a clerkship. 28 00:00:50,085 --> 00:00:52,225 Welcome to the patent office, Herr Einstein. 29 00:01:40,793 --> 00:01:44,283 May I help you, Mademoiselle? 30 00:01:44,284 --> 00:01:46,526 You gave me a shock. 31 00:01:46,527 --> 00:01:50,182 This is an original piezoelectric meter, yes? 32 00:01:50,403 --> 00:01:53,093 I'm sorry, but who are you? 33 00:01:53,094 --> 00:01:57,193 As a rudimentary device, it's quite effective. 34 00:01:57,194 --> 00:01:59,371 But it would be far more precise with the addition of a 35 00:01:59,372 --> 00:02:03,219 mirrored quadrant electrometer and an ionization chamber. 36 00:02:05,170 --> 00:02:06,834 When I built the first model, 37 00:02:06,835 --> 00:02:11,224 I considered an ionization chamber but wasn't convinced 38 00:02:11,225 --> 00:02:13,726 that air would be a sufficient dielectric. 39 00:02:14,588 --> 00:02:18,051 You invented the piezoelectric meter? 40 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,961 Is there something I can do for you, mademoiselle? 41 00:02:20,962 --> 00:02:22,595 I'm looking for laboratory space 42 00:02:22,596 --> 00:02:24,645 to conduct my experiments. 43 00:02:24,646 --> 00:02:26,631 I'm studying at the Sorbonne. 44 00:02:26,632 --> 00:02:27,720 Physics? 45 00:02:27,721 --> 00:02:30,959 Magnetism to be specific. 46 00:02:31,533 --> 00:02:33,775 You haven't told me your name. 47 00:02:33,776 --> 00:02:35,633 Marie Sklodowska. 48 00:02:35,634 --> 00:02:38,868 It's a pleasure to meet you. 49 00:02:38,869 --> 00:02:41,082 Pierre Curie. 50 00:03:10,486 --> 00:03:13,752 Here before you sits a device which purports to 51 00:03:13,753 --> 00:03:16,511 synchronize clock towers across Switzerland... 52 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:21,696 It sends an electromagnetic signal at the speed of light. 53 00:03:21,697 --> 00:03:23,330 A wondrous notion! 54 00:03:23,331 --> 00:03:26,917 As a patent clerk, however, I must ask myself if this device 55 00:03:26,918 --> 00:03:29,031 can actually deliver on it's promise. 56 00:03:29,032 --> 00:03:31,598 According to Newton, the answer is yes. 57 00:03:32,396 --> 00:03:35,662 Absolute simultaneity is possible because, 58 00:03:35,663 --> 00:03:38,161 well, time is absolute. 59 00:03:38,162 --> 00:03:40,083 And this all works if we're sending a signal 60 00:03:40,084 --> 00:03:42,681 from Bern to Zurich, say. 61 00:03:43,095 --> 00:03:45,368 But what happens if we're sending a signal from Bern 62 00:03:45,369 --> 00:03:47,423 to a clock on a moving train? 63 00:03:50,239 --> 00:03:52,544 Why is a clock on a moving train? 64 00:03:52,545 --> 00:03:54,978 You'd have to disassemble it first. 65 00:03:54,979 --> 00:03:56,035 It's much too large... 66 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:57,477 No, that's not the point. 67 00:03:57,478 --> 00:03:58,855 What is going on here? 68 00:03:58,856 --> 00:04:01,677 I'm evaluating an application, sir. 69 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:04,877 The same device which passed 70 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:07,054 across your desk three weeks ago, I see. 71 00:04:07,055 --> 00:04:09,649 Yes, Herr Haller, although I'm not convinced it 72 00:04:09,650 --> 00:04:11,896 can actually do what the patent application claims. 73 00:04:12,181 --> 00:04:13,654 If I can make it work properly 74 00:04:13,655 --> 00:04:14,871 Herr Einstein, 75 00:04:14,872 --> 00:04:17,850 either a thing works or it does not. 76 00:04:17,851 --> 00:04:21,154 Your job is not to make it better. 77 00:04:22,016 --> 00:04:23,744 How are you progressing with the signal box 78 00:04:23,745 --> 00:04:25,186 and rail switch applications? 79 00:04:25,187 --> 00:04:27,204 I, I... 80 00:04:27,205 --> 00:04:28,677 I see. 81 00:04:28,678 --> 00:04:31,272 Have them on my desk by the end of the day. 82 00:04:31,273 --> 00:04:32,617 Can it wait until tomorrow, sir? 83 00:04:32,618 --> 00:04:34,604 Please, I have a very important meeting... 84 00:04:34,605 --> 00:04:38,163 You also have a wife and a new baby at home, yes? 85 00:04:38,609 --> 00:04:40,369 If I were you, I wouldn't be so cavalier about 86 00:04:40,370 --> 00:04:43,032 the position that pays to support them. 87 00:04:50,397 --> 00:04:52,093 Professor Kleiner, Professor Kleiner, 88 00:04:52,094 --> 00:04:53,438 my sincere apologies. 89 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:54,656 I was detained at work. 90 00:04:54,657 --> 00:04:57,219 Save your breath, Herr Einstein. 91 00:04:57,220 --> 00:04:59,269 Our time was up an hour ago. 92 00:04:59,270 --> 00:05:00,326 Sir, please. 93 00:05:00,327 --> 00:05:01,576 Just give me five minutes. 94 00:05:01,577 --> 00:05:03,753 I promise my thesis proposal is unlike anything 95 00:05:03,754 --> 00:05:04,939 you've ever heard. 96 00:05:04,940 --> 00:05:07,281 You have one minute. 97 00:05:07,791 --> 00:05:09,840 One minute, yes, good... 98 00:05:09,841 --> 00:05:12,979 Well, everyone believes that light is a wave, yes? 99 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:16,566 Well, I can prove that when a light ray is propagated from 100 00:05:16,567 --> 00:05:19,930 any point, it consists of a finite number of energy quanta 101 00:05:19,931 --> 00:05:24,831 which can be produced and absorbed only as complete units. 102 00:05:24,832 --> 00:05:26,945 That only took ten seconds. 103 00:05:28,324 --> 00:05:29,893 Do you remember Philipp Lenard's paper 104 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:31,334 on the photoelectric effect? 105 00:05:31,335 --> 00:05:33,608 He demonstrated that light doesn't always act like a wave. 106 00:05:33,609 --> 00:05:35,274 But he couldn't explain it. 107 00:05:35,275 --> 00:05:36,459 Well guess who can? 108 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:37,356 You. 109 00:05:37,357 --> 00:05:38,573 No! 110 00:05:38,574 --> 00:05:40,752 No, well, yes, yes, but, no... 111 00:05:40,753 --> 00:05:42,001 Max Planck! 112 00:05:42,002 --> 00:05:44,596 I believe I can use Planck's constant to demonstrate the 113 00:05:44,597 --> 00:05:48,027 photoelectric effect and prove the duality of light. 114 00:05:48,409 --> 00:05:52,092 You want to argue, for your doctoral thesis, 115 00:05:52,093 --> 00:05:54,174 that we have been mistaken about what has been a 116 00:05:54,175 --> 00:05:57,093 fundamental law of physics since 1678 117 00:05:57,666 --> 00:05:59,619 that's 200... 118 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:02,054 And 27 years. 119 00:06:02,055 --> 00:06:05,546 Come back when you wish to be taken seriously. 120 00:06:11,312 --> 00:06:14,005 Look, Hans, Papa's home! 121 00:06:14,227 --> 00:06:16,277 How did it go with the professor? 122 00:06:16,278 --> 00:06:19,067 Wonderfully, thank you. 123 00:06:21,083 --> 00:06:23,900 Not even a kiss for your son? 124 00:06:23,901 --> 00:06:26,851 Do you mind, Mama? 125 00:06:33,383 --> 00:06:35,336 He shut me out, Dollie. 126 00:06:35,337 --> 00:06:36,873 He didn't even read my proof. 127 00:06:36,874 --> 00:06:37,994 Albert. 128 00:06:37,995 --> 00:06:39,628 I'm right, I'm sure of it. 129 00:06:39,629 --> 00:06:42,351 But no one will ever know it if the bloated windbags 130 00:06:42,352 --> 00:06:45,106 of academia won't even consider my proposal. 131 00:06:45,107 --> 00:06:46,931 What are you aiming for, Albert? 132 00:06:46,932 --> 00:06:49,046 A piece of paper you can frame and hang on the wall? 133 00:06:49,047 --> 00:06:50,904 I, I want my ideas to be heard. 134 00:06:50,905 --> 00:06:52,474 To be acknowledged and discussed. 135 00:06:52,475 --> 00:06:54,204 To be recognized. 136 00:06:54,205 --> 00:06:55,934 Then forget Professor Kleiner. 137 00:06:55,935 --> 00:06:58,880 You must get your work noticed by more important scientists. 138 00:06:58,881 --> 00:07:00,001 Publish your paper. 139 00:07:00,002 --> 00:07:01,219 Who would publish the work 140 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:04,137 of a third-class patent clerk? 141 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,112 I've spent my entire life being 142 00:07:07,113 --> 00:07:09,643 overlooked and underestimated. 143 00:07:09,644 --> 00:07:11,986 Giving up is a luxury I could never afford. 144 00:07:12,944 --> 00:07:16,402 You can either wait for those dinosaurs to give you 145 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,356 permission to engage in the scientific world, 146 00:07:18,357 --> 00:07:20,663 or you can show them. 147 00:07:20,664 --> 00:07:23,738 That your ideas can not be snuffed out by those 148 00:07:23,739 --> 00:07:25,019 who lack imagination. 149 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:26,365 I have no time to for research 150 00:07:26,366 --> 00:07:27,582 I'll go to the library. 151 00:07:27,583 --> 00:07:28,703 And my math. 152 00:07:28,704 --> 00:07:29,664 I'll proof everything. 153 00:07:29,665 --> 00:07:31,041 My handwriting is an embarrassment. 154 00:07:31,042 --> 00:07:32,547 Albert, shut your mouth. 155 00:07:32,548 --> 00:07:35,081 I'll help you. 156 00:07:48,469 --> 00:07:50,970 Read this. 157 00:08:05,254 --> 00:08:06,918 Herr professor? 158 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:08,520 Have you read this? 159 00:08:08,521 --> 00:08:11,243 Some fellow in Bern has used your discovery of light quanta 160 00:08:11,244 --> 00:08:12,557 to prove Professor Lenard's 161 00:08:12,558 --> 00:08:14,927 findings on the photoelectric effect. 162 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:15,951 Impossible. 163 00:08:15,952 --> 00:08:17,777 Quanta are a mathematical construct. 164 00:08:17,778 --> 00:08:18,834 They're not a real phenomenon. 165 00:08:18,835 --> 00:08:19,924 Read it, sir. 166 00:08:19,925 --> 00:08:21,398 Albert Einstein. 167 00:08:21,399 --> 00:08:23,512 "On a heuristic point of view concerning the production and 168 00:08:23,513 --> 00:08:24,921 transformation of light." 169 00:08:24,922 --> 00:08:26,555 It's a bit lofty, don't you think? 170 00:08:26,556 --> 00:08:27,900 His proof is quite impressive. 171 00:08:27,901 --> 00:08:29,405 Well we both know what sort of nonsense 172 00:08:29,406 --> 00:08:30,591 you can prove with proofs. 173 00:08:30,592 --> 00:08:31,840 You must admit, it's tantalizing. 174 00:08:31,841 --> 00:08:33,794 Yes, well I suppose you have a little bit of space 175 00:08:33,795 --> 00:08:35,620 in the next issue, but I'll be rather surprised 176 00:08:35,621 --> 00:08:37,995 if anyone gives it a second thought. 177 00:08:39,977 --> 00:08:41,962 Four weeks since I was published! 178 00:08:41,963 --> 00:08:43,692 Four weeks and not a peep! 179 00:08:43,693 --> 00:08:45,390 Were you expecting a parade? 180 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:46,608 Papa. 181 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:48,177 No, no, no, your father's right, Dollie, 182 00:08:48,178 --> 00:08:49,106 and so were you. 183 00:08:49,107 --> 00:08:50,484 It was one paper. 184 00:08:50,485 --> 00:08:51,989 I'll simply write another. 185 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,171 And if no one takes any notice, I'll write another. 186 00:08:54,425 --> 00:08:55,993 They can't ignore me forever. 187 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:57,146 We only need to find a problem. 188 00:08:57,147 --> 00:08:59,581 It seems to me you have an ample supply of those. 189 00:08:59,582 --> 00:09:02,624 An incongruence, a paradox that nobody else sees 190 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:05,735 molecular mechanics, the ether, light, space... 191 00:09:06,021 --> 00:09:07,878 Ah yes, the whole of physics. 192 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:10,792 Shouldn't be too difficult. 193 00:09:10,793 --> 00:09:12,330 It won't be, Dollie. 194 00:09:12,331 --> 00:09:14,288 Not with you helping me. 195 00:09:33,068 --> 00:09:34,693 No, it must be an anomaly. 196 00:09:34,694 --> 00:09:35,873 Try it again. 197 00:09:35,874 --> 00:09:38,201 I already have, 20 times. 198 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:40,342 It's not an anomaly. 199 00:09:42,029 --> 00:09:45,121 This sample must contain a new element. 200 00:09:45,122 --> 00:09:46,556 A radioactive element. 201 00:09:46,557 --> 00:09:48,310 It would have to be hundreds, no 202 00:09:48,311 --> 00:09:51,531 thousands of times stronger than uranium. 203 00:09:51,532 --> 00:09:52,647 We must isolate it. 204 00:09:52,648 --> 00:09:54,688 Well then, I suppose we're going to need 205 00:09:54,689 --> 00:09:56,442 our own laboratory... 206 00:09:56,443 --> 00:09:58,137 Pierre? 207 00:09:58,324 --> 00:10:00,305 Pierre. 208 00:10:02,247 --> 00:10:05,435 Do you remember the Curies' paper on radioactivity? 209 00:10:05,436 --> 00:10:06,998 Working tirelessly, side by side, 210 00:10:06,999 --> 00:10:09,389 without heat in their lab or funding for their research. 211 00:10:09,390 --> 00:10:11,271 It's romantic, no? 212 00:10:11,272 --> 00:10:13,344 The Curies spent four years on that paper. 213 00:10:13,345 --> 00:10:15,931 I have only three hours until the patent office opens. 214 00:10:16,246 --> 00:10:17,266 You should get some rest. 215 00:10:17,267 --> 00:10:18,829 You can't think properly without sleep. 216 00:10:18,830 --> 00:10:19,913 I don't need sleep. 217 00:10:19,914 --> 00:10:22,723 I need more coffee. 218 00:10:30,757 --> 00:10:33,211 What is it? 219 00:10:33,212 --> 00:10:35,284 Do you remember our thought experiments 220 00:10:35,285 --> 00:10:37,520 on gas theory at university? 221 00:10:38,155 --> 00:10:40,514 Those weeks we spent holed up in my room? 222 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:42,842 I remember quite a lot of experimentation, yes. 223 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:45,202 Not all of it to do with science. 224 00:10:45,203 --> 00:10:47,402 What if we were going about it all wrong? 225 00:10:47,403 --> 00:10:49,411 What if, instead of studying gases, 226 00:10:49,412 --> 00:10:51,101 we studied a cup of coffee? 227 00:10:51,102 --> 00:10:54,614 You really must sleep, Albert. 228 00:10:55,726 --> 00:10:59,265 Jacobus v'ant Hoff's Nobel paper from 1901: 229 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:02,677 Particles in a solution behave like a gas. 230 00:11:02,678 --> 00:11:05,069 When sugar dissolves in coffee, 231 00:11:05,070 --> 00:11:07,716 water surrounds glucose and tears it 232 00:11:07,717 --> 00:11:11,101 from the sugar crystal, correct? 233 00:11:11,448 --> 00:11:15,401 The more sugar I add, the thicker the coffee becomes. 234 00:11:15,402 --> 00:11:17,379 If we can calculate the osmotic pressure, 235 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:19,388 perhaps we can deduce the precise number of... 236 00:11:19,389 --> 00:11:22,481 You want to prove the existence of molecules... 237 00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:24,235 Too ambitious? 238 00:11:24,236 --> 00:11:25,574 No. 239 00:11:25,575 --> 00:11:28,322 It's brilliant... 240 00:11:47,642 --> 00:11:50,101 May I ask you, what are you doing? 241 00:11:50,354 --> 00:11:52,170 I'm about to start work, sir, on a 242 00:11:52,171 --> 00:11:55,295 fascinating application for a... 243 00:11:55,296 --> 00:11:57,401 Nickel-zinc battery. 244 00:11:57,402 --> 00:12:00,307 That battery was patented last year, Einstein. 245 00:12:00,718 --> 00:12:01,801 I beg you. 246 00:12:01,802 --> 00:12:02,981 I'm well ahead of schedule. 247 00:12:02,982 --> 00:12:05,628 If I could be granted the smallest parcel of time... 248 00:12:05,629 --> 00:12:08,976 Time, Herr Einstein, is a privilege you relinquished 249 00:12:08,977 --> 00:12:11,245 when you accepted this position. 250 00:12:16,343 --> 00:12:17,714 He's a tyrant! 251 00:12:17,715 --> 00:12:19,054 It's unbearable! 252 00:12:19,055 --> 00:12:21,445 He gives me four times the work as the other dolts 253 00:12:21,446 --> 00:12:22,976 in the office because I'm the only one 254 00:12:22,977 --> 00:12:24,894 who understands mechanical engineering! 255 00:12:25,209 --> 00:12:26,324 Poor thing. 256 00:12:26,325 --> 00:12:27,568 A boss who respects your intellect 257 00:12:27,569 --> 00:12:30,438 and a full time job that pays twice as much as mine? 258 00:12:30,439 --> 00:12:32,734 I don't care about money, Marcel. 259 00:12:32,735 --> 00:12:35,832 I've been toiling in obscurity for ten hours a day, 260 00:12:36,243 --> 00:12:38,442 six days a week for the past two years 261 00:12:38,443 --> 00:12:42,529 and I never see my family, I never see my baby. 262 00:12:42,749 --> 00:12:44,470 Albert, you of all people have 263 00:12:44,471 --> 00:12:46,000 no interest in a baby. 264 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:47,276 Now what do you want? 265 00:12:47,277 --> 00:12:50,373 I want what Lorentz and Becquerel and Lenard have. 266 00:12:50,785 --> 00:12:52,889 Whatever they say, whatever they write, 267 00:12:52,890 --> 00:12:54,004 people pay attention. 268 00:12:54,005 --> 00:12:56,652 I want to wake up in the morning to pursue my passions 269 00:12:56,653 --> 00:12:59,873 instead of being confronted with a constant sense of dread 270 00:12:59,874 --> 00:13:01,818 that I, that I'm wasting my life. 271 00:13:01,819 --> 00:13:05,107 I meant what do you want from me? 272 00:13:05,965 --> 00:13:07,769 Your father still has connections 273 00:13:07,770 --> 00:13:09,881 at the patent office? 274 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,298 I need help. 275 00:13:12,299 --> 00:13:16,029 Someone to work alongside me, to ease my load until I can 276 00:13:16,030 --> 00:13:18,840 make a mark with my ideas. 277 00:13:19,092 --> 00:13:21,200 Do you have someone particular in mind? 278 00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:26,903 I'm very lucky. 279 00:13:26,904 --> 00:13:27,892 It's a good job. 280 00:13:27,893 --> 00:13:29,167 Second class patent clerk in 281 00:13:29,168 --> 00:13:30,539 the mechanical engineering division. 282 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:33,191 Will you be working with Albert? 283 00:13:33,283 --> 00:13:34,243 Yes. 284 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:36,407 In fact, he was instrumental in helping me 285 00:13:36,408 --> 00:13:37,459 secure the position. 286 00:13:37,460 --> 00:13:39,182 How does it feel accepting a favor from the 287 00:13:39,183 --> 00:13:42,243 swine who dishonored your sister-in-law? 288 00:13:42,244 --> 00:13:44,352 Julius, please. 289 00:13:44,635 --> 00:13:47,541 I think it's very kind of Albert. 290 00:13:48,590 --> 00:13:51,619 Anna, have you found an apartment? 291 00:13:51,620 --> 00:13:53,085 Why yes, we have. 292 00:13:53,086 --> 00:13:54,234 We have. 293 00:13:54,235 --> 00:13:56,498 - It's very modest but... - I'd check your walls. 294 00:13:56,499 --> 00:13:57,487 What? 295 00:13:57,488 --> 00:13:58,229 Your walls. 296 00:13:58,230 --> 00:14:00,410 You never know what might be crawling around in them. 297 00:14:00,575 --> 00:14:03,726 Roaches, mice, Lucifer himself. 298 00:14:03,978 --> 00:14:05,125 Julius, that's enough. 299 00:14:05,126 --> 00:14:07,644 No, the devil is conspiring to turn this world 300 00:14:07,645 --> 00:14:10,323 into hatred and sin. 301 00:14:10,324 --> 00:14:13,927 His agents are among us. 302 00:14:13,928 --> 00:14:16,164 I hear them. 303 00:14:17,053 --> 00:14:18,938 Open your ears! 304 00:14:21,263 --> 00:14:23,594 Julius. 305 00:14:32,032 --> 00:14:34,007 It's growing colder, isn't it? 306 00:14:34,008 --> 00:14:35,538 I don't mind. 307 00:14:35,539 --> 00:14:37,101 You never did. 308 00:14:37,102 --> 00:14:39,365 Do you remember when you dug a trench in the snow, 309 00:14:39,366 --> 00:14:42,304 covered it with a canvas and declared it your winter palace? 310 00:14:42,618 --> 00:14:43,798 I wanted to sleep there. 311 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:45,169 But mama wouldn't have it. 312 00:14:45,170 --> 00:14:47,496 You were always so independent, Miza. 313 00:14:47,497 --> 00:14:48,868 So strong. 314 00:14:48,869 --> 00:14:50,048 You seem happy again. 315 00:14:50,049 --> 00:14:51,834 I am. 316 00:14:51,835 --> 00:14:54,481 And what about resuming your studies? 317 00:14:54,482 --> 00:14:56,362 I'm working with Albert every day, 318 00:14:56,363 --> 00:14:59,232 exploring the most fascinating topics in physics. 319 00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:01,784 I don't need a degree for that. 320 00:15:01,785 --> 00:15:05,041 And that's really enough for you? 321 00:15:05,452 --> 00:15:08,803 What's bothering you, papa? 322 00:15:09,725 --> 00:15:12,785 Your mother and I must go home. 323 00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:14,699 I don't understand, you said... 324 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:17,505 I've been called back to work. 325 00:15:17,506 --> 00:15:20,312 But Albert and I are writing an important paper. 326 00:15:20,313 --> 00:15:22,898 I can't abandon everything to look after Hans all day. 327 00:15:22,899 --> 00:15:24,915 He only stops crying when mother holds him, and... 328 00:15:24,916 --> 00:15:27,243 Don't worry, Miza. 329 00:15:27,244 --> 00:15:30,788 I'll make sure you have whatever you need... 330 00:15:31,741 --> 00:15:33,685 How could you refuse him? 331 00:15:33,686 --> 00:15:35,918 I didn't marry you for a dowry, Dollie. 332 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:38,182 I married you because I love you. 333 00:15:38,183 --> 00:15:39,840 It was 20,000 francs! 334 00:15:39,841 --> 00:15:42,327 Our marriage is not a business transaction! 335 00:15:42,328 --> 00:15:44,974 You are not a prized heifer to be bought and sold. 336 00:15:44,975 --> 00:15:46,520 That's very noble of you, Albert, 337 00:15:46,521 --> 00:15:48,961 but your lofty principles will not help me cook, clean, 338 00:15:48,962 --> 00:15:52,086 and raise a child all while midwifing your papers. 339 00:15:52,087 --> 00:15:53,807 Ow! 340 00:15:57,062 --> 00:15:59,967 Pick up the baby, Albert! 341 00:16:04,683 --> 00:16:07,201 How are we to manage? 342 00:16:07,202 --> 00:16:09,562 Do you think I don't already have a solution to 343 00:16:09,563 --> 00:16:11,156 that problem, dear Dollie? 344 00:16:11,157 --> 00:16:14,126 I will ask my mother to come. 345 00:16:14,824 --> 00:16:16,844 She knows how to run a household, 346 00:16:16,845 --> 00:16:18,311 how to care for a child, 347 00:16:18,312 --> 00:16:20,000 she will make it possible for you and 348 00:16:20,001 --> 00:16:21,787 I to continue our work. 349 00:16:21,788 --> 00:16:23,636 She despises me. 350 00:16:23,637 --> 00:16:25,135 She doesn't even know you. 351 00:16:25,136 --> 00:16:27,654 And how could she despise the woman who gave birth 352 00:16:27,655 --> 00:16:30,529 to her only grandson, huh? 353 00:16:34,283 --> 00:16:36,514 Look at those cheeks! 354 00:16:36,515 --> 00:16:39,134 He's the spit and image of his grandfather. 355 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,776 Dollie, have you seen my tie? 356 00:16:41,777 --> 00:16:43,211 I believe I saw it hanging over 357 00:16:43,212 --> 00:16:44,741 the bathroom door, darling. 358 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:48,764 We clean up after our husbands more than our children. 359 00:16:50,164 --> 00:16:52,013 That one is terribly wrinkled. 360 00:16:52,014 --> 00:16:53,384 Don't you have a pressed one? 361 00:16:53,385 --> 00:16:54,691 It will suffice. 362 00:16:54,692 --> 00:16:57,274 Good day to you Frau Einstein. 363 00:16:57,275 --> 00:16:59,798 And to you Frau Einstein! 364 00:17:06,045 --> 00:17:08,244 Thank you for coming. 365 00:17:08,245 --> 00:17:09,903 We do appreciate the help. 366 00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:11,338 Of course, darling. 367 00:17:11,339 --> 00:17:13,602 I remember when Albert was born. 368 00:17:13,603 --> 00:17:15,293 Such an exciting time. 369 00:17:15,294 --> 00:17:17,046 But also a difficult one. 370 00:17:17,047 --> 00:17:18,832 I had no idea how to care for myself, 371 00:17:18,833 --> 00:17:20,394 not to mention a child. 372 00:17:20,395 --> 00:17:21,638 It isn't easy, is it? 373 00:17:21,639 --> 00:17:24,412 Oh, I made so many mistakes! 374 00:17:24,413 --> 00:17:28,143 With any luck I can help spare you the worst of them. 375 00:17:28,144 --> 00:17:30,025 I appreciate that... 376 00:17:30,026 --> 00:17:31,492 Of course, darling! 377 00:17:31,493 --> 00:17:33,055 What else am I here for? 378 00:17:33,056 --> 00:17:35,897 Now, shall we go to the market to stock your pantry? 379 00:17:36,308 --> 00:17:37,998 Oh that's very generous, but I'm afraid 380 00:17:37,999 --> 00:17:39,879 I've got to go to the library. 381 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,952 I was hoping you could look after Hans for a few hours? 382 00:17:41,953 --> 00:17:44,440 But I've only just arrived. 383 00:17:44,441 --> 00:17:46,449 Yes, but Albert and I are finishing 384 00:17:46,450 --> 00:17:47,820 an important paper. 385 00:17:47,821 --> 00:17:50,276 Mileva, darling, if there's one thing 386 00:17:50,277 --> 00:17:53,597 my Albert doesn't need help with, it's his science. 387 00:17:53,784 --> 00:17:55,377 But with the rest of his life? 388 00:17:55,378 --> 00:17:57,578 He's quite hopeless. 389 00:17:57,579 --> 00:18:00,899 Lucky for him, he has a wife. 390 00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:14,616 Are you working with Stokes' law? 391 00:18:15,029 --> 00:18:17,686 Michele, Haller despises fraternizing, 392 00:18:17,687 --> 00:18:19,804 and I'm one misstep away from being ousted. 393 00:18:19,993 --> 00:18:21,496 So if you wouldn't mind... 394 00:18:21,497 --> 00:18:24,926 Albert, I know why I'm here. 395 00:18:25,148 --> 00:18:27,453 Marcel told me everything. 396 00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:28,573 It's quite all right 397 00:18:28,574 --> 00:18:29,744 I don't mind easing your burden, 398 00:18:29,745 --> 00:18:30,929 and I'm grateful just to have the job. 399 00:18:30,930 --> 00:18:33,719 But of course, I'm curious... 400 00:18:35,893 --> 00:18:37,945 I'm trying to prove molecules exist. 401 00:18:41,049 --> 00:18:42,396 How? 402 00:18:44,027 --> 00:18:47,548 I'd love to tell you, but I really need you to review 403 00:18:47,549 --> 00:18:49,437 those applications. 404 00:18:49,438 --> 00:18:51,298 Of course. 405 00:18:51,904 --> 00:18:54,340 It really is good to have you here, Michele. 406 00:19:01,638 --> 00:19:03,851 Did you mix in the Castile? 407 00:19:04,104 --> 00:19:05,384 Castile? 408 00:19:05,385 --> 00:19:07,145 I, I'm sorry, what is Castile? 409 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:10,094 Soap, dear. 410 00:19:11,308 --> 00:19:12,748 Did you tell your mother why you asked 411 00:19:12,749 --> 00:19:13,997 her to come? 412 00:19:13,998 --> 00:19:15,214 Of course. 413 00:19:15,215 --> 00:19:17,103 I told her we needed help with the house and the baby. 414 00:19:17,104 --> 00:19:19,025 She seems to believe her sole purpose is to 415 00:19:19,026 --> 00:19:21,618 instruct me how to cook, clean, and care for the child. 416 00:19:21,619 --> 00:19:23,699 She's trying to turn me into a hausfrau. 417 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:25,333 She's downstairs watching the little one 418 00:19:25,334 --> 00:19:26,645 right now, is she not? 419 00:19:26,646 --> 00:19:28,183 You must talk to her. 420 00:19:28,184 --> 00:19:30,104 Tell her that our work together is important. 421 00:19:30,105 --> 00:19:32,249 That my part in it is important. 422 00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:34,810 I will, but indulge her a little. 423 00:19:34,811 --> 00:19:36,444 Make her feel appreciated. 424 00:19:36,445 --> 00:19:38,177 Now... 425 00:19:38,686 --> 00:19:40,930 Look. 426 00:19:45,699 --> 00:19:48,932 You used Kirchoff's hydrodynamic techniques... 427 00:19:48,933 --> 00:19:52,362 Which you introduced me to at university. 428 00:19:53,896 --> 00:19:56,909 My God, Albert... 429 00:19:57,226 --> 00:19:58,859 Heir professor, Einstein has just 430 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:00,908 proven the existence of molecules, sir. 431 00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,220 What? 432 00:20:02,221 --> 00:20:03,470 That cannot... 433 00:20:03,471 --> 00:20:04,494 Who did you say? 434 00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:05,647 Einstein. 435 00:20:05,648 --> 00:20:06,640 The fellow from Bern. 436 00:20:06,641 --> 00:20:07,888 Bern... 437 00:20:07,889 --> 00:20:09,746 I lectured there recently. 438 00:20:09,747 --> 00:20:11,474 I don't recall any Einstein... 439 00:20:11,475 --> 00:20:12,852 He's not a professor. 440 00:20:12,853 --> 00:20:14,196 He's a patent clerk. 441 00:20:14,197 --> 00:20:16,374 A patent clerk. 442 00:20:16,375 --> 00:20:18,359 It's a brilliant paper, Albert. 443 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,945 I'm sorry you didn't receive the response you anticipated. 444 00:20:21,946 --> 00:20:23,162 Apparently, it's not enough to 445 00:20:23,163 --> 00:20:24,667 have an original thought. 446 00:20:24,668 --> 00:20:27,069 The old masters demand data. 447 00:20:27,070 --> 00:20:29,474 Oh well, perhaps the third time will be the charm, 448 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:30,751 as they say... 449 00:20:30,752 --> 00:20:31,968 Third? 450 00:20:31,969 --> 00:20:34,562 My God, Albert, you're writing another one? 451 00:20:34,563 --> 00:20:35,971 If I can find another good idea, 452 00:20:35,972 --> 00:20:38,532 something provable through experimentation. 453 00:20:38,533 --> 00:20:40,522 Mileva's doing some research for me... 454 00:21:20,641 --> 00:21:22,209 Einstein. 455 00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:24,519 Your mother is here. 456 00:21:26,533 --> 00:21:29,381 She abandons her boy for hours on end, 457 00:21:29,382 --> 00:21:31,496 she refuses to be taught how to cook, 458 00:21:31,497 --> 00:21:33,417 and she leaves all the cleaning to me. 459 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:34,697 Now is that fair? 460 00:21:34,698 --> 00:21:36,203 Mother, we spoke about this. 461 00:21:36,204 --> 00:21:38,348 And I agreed to indulge the notion that 462 00:21:38,349 --> 00:21:40,717 you could use some assistance writing your essay. 463 00:21:40,718 --> 00:21:42,574 It's a scientific paper, mother, 464 00:21:42,575 --> 00:21:44,399 published in a prestigious journal. 465 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,001 But you finished it weeks ago. 466 00:21:46,002 --> 00:21:48,178 And now I'm writing another one. 467 00:21:48,179 --> 00:21:50,100 Albert, I don't understand 468 00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:52,149 I don't expect you to. 469 00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:53,749 You have a solid position. 470 00:21:53,750 --> 00:21:55,351 A good income. 471 00:21:55,352 --> 00:21:57,240 Your father would be very proud. 472 00:21:57,241 --> 00:21:58,873 That I'd given up my dreams and 473 00:21:58,874 --> 00:22:00,282 settled for a bourgeois existence? 474 00:22:00,283 --> 00:22:02,780 Look at me, darling. 475 00:22:02,781 --> 00:22:04,765 Pursue your dreams if you wish. 476 00:22:04,766 --> 00:22:07,262 But don't give Mileva false expectations. 477 00:22:07,263 --> 00:22:09,504 I will not be here forever. 478 00:22:09,505 --> 00:22:13,159 She must be taught to run a house. 479 00:22:13,379 --> 00:22:15,784 I have to go back to work. 480 00:22:20,937 --> 00:22:22,728 It's hypnotic... 481 00:22:22,729 --> 00:22:25,675 A single pollen particle is bombarded by water molecules 482 00:22:25,676 --> 00:22:27,916 ten-to-the-twenty-four times per second. 483 00:22:27,917 --> 00:22:29,742 How am I going to predict that many movements 484 00:22:29,743 --> 00:22:31,887 per second in a three dimensional space? 485 00:22:31,888 --> 00:22:34,064 Here, what if you tried using... 486 00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:37,942 Your child needs you, Mileva. 487 00:22:39,541 --> 00:22:40,788 Mileva. 488 00:22:40,789 --> 00:22:41,781 Yes one moment, we're just in the middle of... 489 00:22:41,782 --> 00:22:43,702 The baby isn't crying in a moment. 490 00:22:43,703 --> 00:22:46,172 He's crying now. 491 00:22:52,957 --> 00:22:55,230 Frau Einstein, I do appreciate 492 00:22:55,231 --> 00:22:56,542 all you're doing for us. 493 00:22:56,543 --> 00:22:58,336 But right now Albert needs my help. 494 00:22:58,337 --> 00:23:00,322 Your boy needs you. 495 00:23:00,323 --> 00:23:02,466 This home needs you. 496 00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:05,125 Yes, but at the moment I'm working... 497 00:23:05,126 --> 00:23:07,718 Frankly, my dear, it is time to put away 498 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,319 such indulgences. 499 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,966 I'm not your maid, nor your child's wet nurse. 500 00:23:22,449 --> 00:23:25,586 You just sit there, silent. 501 00:23:25,587 --> 00:23:27,059 What do you want me to do? 502 00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:30,841 I want you to defend me! 503 00:23:52,068 --> 00:23:56,682 Early morning or late night? 504 00:23:58,825 --> 00:24:02,121 I've run away from home. 505 00:24:02,122 --> 00:24:05,007 Is it really so terrible? 506 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:07,629 When my mother and Mileva are not 507 00:24:07,630 --> 00:24:11,636 at each other's throats, they take turns lunging at mine. 508 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:15,059 Brownian motion. 509 00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:17,076 Very ambitious. 510 00:24:17,077 --> 00:24:19,093 If I can prove it mathematically, 511 00:24:19,094 --> 00:24:22,267 it could be confirmed with the naked eye. 512 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,437 Well, good luck. 513 00:24:26,363 --> 00:24:30,973 What? 514 00:24:30,974 --> 00:24:32,958 Nothing. 515 00:24:32,959 --> 00:24:35,203 What? 516 00:24:35,937 --> 00:24:37,601 You're making it too complicated. 517 00:24:37,602 --> 00:24:39,586 It is ridiculously complicated! 518 00:24:39,587 --> 00:24:42,436 A single pollen particle is bombarded by water molecules. 519 00:24:42,437 --> 00:24:44,389 Ten-to-the-twenty-four times per second, yes. 520 00:24:44,390 --> 00:24:45,862 And trying to solve those equations 521 00:24:45,863 --> 00:24:48,812 in three dimensions will drive you mad. 522 00:24:49,162 --> 00:24:51,915 Why not construct a one-dimensional model. 523 00:24:51,916 --> 00:24:54,928 It's much simpler and would still prove your thesis. 524 00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:00,500 Would you be willing to help me solve it, Michele? 525 00:25:09,078 --> 00:25:11,287 My, the weather is turning. 526 00:25:11,288 --> 00:25:13,241 The wind nearly threw me off my feet. 527 00:25:13,242 --> 00:25:14,906 You promised you'd be home an hour ago. 528 00:25:14,907 --> 00:25:16,635 Well, I suppose we all fall short 529 00:25:16,636 --> 00:25:18,523 of expectations now and then. 530 00:25:18,524 --> 00:25:20,129 I'm late for Albert. 531 00:25:25,473 --> 00:25:27,842 And three-x-by-t-squared equals 532 00:25:27,843 --> 00:25:29,539 r by t-squared... 533 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:30,916 And then apply it back to three dimensions 534 00:25:30,917 --> 00:25:32,068 and the coefficient... 535 00:25:32,069 --> 00:25:33,545 Michele, you're brilliant! 536 00:25:35,944 --> 00:25:37,736 Michele, what a nice surprise. 537 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:38,889 Sorry I'm late. 538 00:25:38,890 --> 00:25:40,234 One dimension, Mileva. 539 00:25:40,235 --> 00:25:41,483 Michele's great insight. 540 00:25:41,484 --> 00:25:43,500 We calculate in one dimension! 541 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:44,941 It's so... 542 00:25:44,942 --> 00:25:45,806 Elegant. 543 00:25:45,807 --> 00:25:47,119 I'm not sure I understand... 544 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:48,751 Here, pretend I'm drunk. 545 00:25:48,752 --> 00:25:49,872 You don't drink. 546 00:25:49,873 --> 00:25:51,057 Pretend! 547 00:25:51,058 --> 00:25:52,370 If I had as much to drink as Michele, 548 00:25:52,371 --> 00:25:54,227 I'd be staggering everywhere, yes? 549 00:25:54,228 --> 00:25:56,021 Like pollen wiggling in the water. 550 00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:57,269 But where am I going? 551 00:25:57,270 --> 00:25:59,895 To the bar, the toilet, to the street? 552 00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:00,887 It's impossible to predict. 553 00:26:00,888 --> 00:26:01,816 We've been over this... 554 00:26:01,817 --> 00:26:03,289 Precisely. 555 00:26:03,290 --> 00:26:05,915 Michele helped me see that we can't predict exactly where 556 00:26:05,916 --> 00:26:08,445 I'll go, but using simpler math, 557 00:26:08,446 --> 00:26:12,543 we can calculate how far I'll go over a period of time. 558 00:26:12,544 --> 00:26:15,073 Turns out it's six microns per minute. 559 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,257 Exactly. 560 00:26:16,258 --> 00:26:17,826 Six microns per minute! 561 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:20,389 I proved the existence of molecules and 562 00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:21,605 nobody believed me. 563 00:26:21,606 --> 00:26:23,302 And now I've proved how they move, 564 00:26:23,303 --> 00:26:26,732 and it can be confirmed with an ordinary microscope! 565 00:26:28,715 --> 00:26:30,091 That's wonderful... 566 00:26:30,092 --> 00:26:31,952 To Albert! 567 00:26:34,703 --> 00:26:37,747 Congratulations, Philipp, the Nobel prize. 568 00:26:42,291 --> 00:26:44,180 You don't have to be polite, Max. 569 00:26:44,181 --> 00:26:46,422 We both know it was only a gesture of consolation. 570 00:26:46,423 --> 00:26:48,535 Well you're still not sour about Rontgen. 571 00:26:48,536 --> 00:26:49,623 Philipp, that was four years ago. 572 00:26:49,624 --> 00:26:51,544 And yet it still stings. 573 00:26:51,545 --> 00:26:53,178 Perhaps if I had received more recognition 574 00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:54,394 from my colleagues... 575 00:26:54,395 --> 00:26:56,700 Philipp, you read the journals 576 00:26:56,701 --> 00:26:59,678 your name is invoked with great regularity. 577 00:26:59,679 --> 00:27:02,496 Of course you are right. 578 00:27:02,497 --> 00:27:04,321 This patent clerk in Bern for instance. 579 00:27:04,322 --> 00:27:06,403 He's cited both of us in a paper on... 580 00:27:06,404 --> 00:27:08,195 Light quanta, yes, indeed. 581 00:27:08,196 --> 00:27:09,700 You see? 582 00:27:09,701 --> 00:27:11,013 I dismissed him at first. 583 00:27:11,014 --> 00:27:12,775 But clearly he's an intellect. 584 00:27:12,776 --> 00:27:15,340 He's very clever. 585 00:27:15,881 --> 00:27:20,111 I've been in correspondence with him in fact. 586 00:27:20,653 --> 00:27:23,666 He wants the footlights, that much is clear. 587 00:27:24,431 --> 00:27:26,224 I only hope he doesn't try to take recognition 588 00:27:26,225 --> 00:27:29,141 for your work like Rontgen did to me. 589 00:27:32,725 --> 00:27:35,610 Ein-stein. 590 00:27:36,023 --> 00:27:37,751 It is fascinating what one can deduce 591 00:27:37,752 --> 00:27:41,822 about a man just by knowing his name. 592 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,128 I don't believe it... 593 00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:53,024 What? 594 00:27:53,025 --> 00:27:54,241 Lenard. 595 00:27:54,242 --> 00:27:55,779 They're giving him the Nobel. 596 00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:57,540 For cathode ray tubes 597 00:27:57,541 --> 00:27:59,205 a ten-year-old innovation. 598 00:27:59,206 --> 00:28:00,774 Suddenly you care about awards? 599 00:28:00,775 --> 00:28:02,887 I care about science living and breathing 600 00:28:02,888 --> 00:28:05,673 in the present and not suffocating in the past. 601 00:28:05,674 --> 00:28:07,627 And yes, I'm not ashamed to say, 602 00:28:07,628 --> 00:28:11,826 I want some recognition for my contributions. 603 00:28:12,238 --> 00:28:14,095 I understand how you must feel. 604 00:28:14,096 --> 00:28:15,792 But here I am, three published papers, 605 00:28:15,793 --> 00:28:16,817 and nothing to show for it. 606 00:28:16,818 --> 00:28:18,417 It's as if I am... 607 00:28:18,418 --> 00:28:21,080 Invisible? 608 00:28:29,786 --> 00:28:32,603 Perhaps my mother's right. 609 00:28:32,604 --> 00:28:35,837 It's time to put away such indulgences and concentrate 610 00:28:35,838 --> 00:28:39,555 on what's expected of me. 611 00:28:53,834 --> 00:28:56,298 Einstein, I need yesterday's... 612 00:28:56,299 --> 00:28:59,408 Yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's. 613 00:29:04,945 --> 00:29:06,065 Where are you going? 614 00:29:06,066 --> 00:29:08,374 I have no idea. 615 00:29:19,163 --> 00:29:20,991 Albert? 616 00:29:22,972 --> 00:29:24,253 Albert? 617 00:29:24,254 --> 00:29:25,534 I'm worried about you... 618 00:29:25,535 --> 00:29:27,487 I approved a patent for a device 619 00:29:27,488 --> 00:29:30,145 that's now inside that very clock tower. 620 00:29:30,146 --> 00:29:33,346 Every minute, it sends a signal at the speed of light 621 00:29:33,347 --> 00:29:37,157 to clocks in Geneva, Basel and Zurich, synchronizing them. 622 00:29:37,158 --> 00:29:40,199 But what if we sent a signal to a clock on a moving train? 623 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,217 Albert, you could use a good sleep. 624 00:29:42,218 --> 00:29:43,753 Turn your mind off for a bit. 625 00:29:43,754 --> 00:29:44,714 I can't. 626 00:29:44,715 --> 00:29:45,578 Now listen. 627 00:29:45,579 --> 00:29:47,147 A clock is here, stationary. 628 00:29:47,148 --> 00:29:48,908 And now I attempt to synchronize it 629 00:29:48,909 --> 00:29:49,902 with one that is moving. 630 00:29:49,903 --> 00:29:50,862 What happens? 631 00:29:50,863 --> 00:29:51,983 The clocks would synchronize. 632 00:29:51,984 --> 00:29:53,584 Because space and time are absolute, 633 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:54,576 according to Newton. 634 00:29:54,577 --> 00:29:55,826 According to everyone. 635 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,170 But for that to be true... 636 00:29:57,171 --> 00:29:59,123 Light would have to speed up or slow down 637 00:29:59,124 --> 00:30:00,756 to keep the clocks synchronized. 638 00:30:00,757 --> 00:30:02,774 But James Clark Maxwell says that light 639 00:30:02,775 --> 00:30:04,215 only moves at one speed. 640 00:30:04,216 --> 00:30:07,160 Now either Maxwell is correct, or Newton is. 641 00:30:07,161 --> 00:30:08,537 But it can't be both. 642 00:30:08,538 --> 00:30:10,011 Well if it's a duel between Newton and Maxwell? 643 00:30:10,012 --> 00:30:12,220 I'm afraid poor Maxwell gets it between the eyes. 644 00:30:12,221 --> 00:30:13,628 Maybe so... 645 00:30:13,629 --> 00:30:15,454 Are you considering another paper? 646 00:30:15,455 --> 00:30:18,785 No I'm just thinking, Michele. 647 00:30:18,786 --> 00:30:20,065 Come on. 648 00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:22,178 I'll buy you dinner, and we can think some more. 649 00:30:22,179 --> 00:30:24,132 The bloated windbags can't stop us from doing that, 650 00:30:24,133 --> 00:30:26,277 can they? 651 00:30:26,278 --> 00:30:28,198 Maybe the bloated windbags can't stop us. 652 00:30:28,199 --> 00:30:30,023 But Anna can. 653 00:30:30,024 --> 00:30:33,101 Never miss a family meal. 654 00:30:38,478 --> 00:30:39,598 Julius! 655 00:30:39,599 --> 00:30:40,623 Your eggs are getting cold! 656 00:30:40,624 --> 00:30:41,872 Must we do this every morning? 657 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:44,241 The doctor says routine is important for him. 658 00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:46,610 Well, I can't keep my students waiting... 659 00:30:46,611 --> 00:30:48,408 Julius, come and eat! 660 00:30:53,272 --> 00:30:55,837 Sit down. 661 00:30:56,090 --> 00:30:58,911 Eat your breakfast. 662 00:31:03,071 --> 00:31:04,190 Julius. 663 00:31:04,191 --> 00:31:05,471 Death to satan's messengers! 664 00:31:05,472 --> 00:31:06,976 No. 665 00:31:06,977 --> 00:31:08,225 Julius! 666 00:31:08,226 --> 00:31:09,378 No. 667 00:31:09,379 --> 00:31:11,399 My God, what are you doing? 668 00:31:13,221 --> 00:31:15,081 No. 669 00:31:20,329 --> 00:31:23,179 O God, who brought us to birth, 670 00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:29,715 and in whose arms we die, in our grief and shock comfort us; 671 00:31:29,968 --> 00:31:33,008 give us hope in our confusion and grace 672 00:31:33,009 --> 00:31:36,435 to enter a new life; Through Jesus Christ. 673 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:39,221 Amen. 674 00:31:39,222 --> 00:31:41,046 That poor family. 675 00:31:41,047 --> 00:31:42,712 I should be at the funeral. 676 00:31:42,713 --> 00:31:45,017 You are free to go, Frau Einstein. 677 00:31:45,018 --> 00:31:46,073 No, no, my dear. 678 00:31:46,074 --> 00:31:49,599 I couldn't possibly leave you alone with the child. 679 00:31:50,077 --> 00:31:52,446 If I really am so unfit to be a mother, 680 00:31:52,447 --> 00:31:55,584 you could have gone to Aarau and Albert could have stayed 681 00:31:55,585 --> 00:31:58,341 home with me. 682 00:31:58,498 --> 00:32:00,162 No, my dear. 683 00:32:00,163 --> 00:32:04,105 Albert is exactly where he needs to be right now. 684 00:32:11,915 --> 00:32:14,252 Do you remember what you promised me... 685 00:32:14,253 --> 00:32:16,557 When you left for university? 686 00:32:16,558 --> 00:32:18,383 I... 687 00:32:18,384 --> 00:32:20,881 I don't, I'm sorry. 688 00:32:20,882 --> 00:32:22,577 You said you would come up 689 00:32:22,578 --> 00:32:25,976 with a formula to freeze time. 690 00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:31,131 I'm afraid I'm... 691 00:32:31,736 --> 00:32:34,653 I'm not as brilliant as I thought I was... 692 00:32:42,431 --> 00:32:45,312 I'm sorry, Marie. 693 00:32:45,313 --> 00:32:47,174 For everything. 694 00:32:52,998 --> 00:32:54,570 So sorry. 695 00:32:54,983 --> 00:32:56,712 Talk to him. 696 00:32:56,713 --> 00:32:59,886 He misses you. 697 00:33:07,984 --> 00:33:10,929 Jost, I am so deeply... 698 00:33:10,930 --> 00:33:16,185 Sorry, yes, everyone says that. 699 00:33:18,903 --> 00:33:21,884 Is there anything that I can do? 700 00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:30,113 You are an intelligent man. 701 00:33:30,431 --> 00:33:33,924 So perhaps you can explain to me this: 702 00:33:34,594 --> 00:33:39,784 How could my bright, beautiful son 703 00:33:41,670 --> 00:33:45,260 so suddenly turn into a monster? 704 00:33:46,889 --> 00:33:50,607 What did I do wrong? 705 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:55,827 You musn't blame yourself. 706 00:33:57,168 --> 00:34:01,010 I wish I could be half the father that you are. 707 00:34:01,011 --> 00:34:05,496 Yes, I heard you had a son. 708 00:34:09,272 --> 00:34:12,314 Hold him tight, Albert. 709 00:34:12,315 --> 00:34:16,352 You think his childhood will last forever, 710 00:34:17,310 --> 00:34:22,852 but I promise you, it will pass in a fraction of a second. 711 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,703 You said you'd be home last night. 712 00:34:46,704 --> 00:34:48,625 I'm sorry. 713 00:34:48,626 --> 00:34:50,770 By the time it seemed appropriate to leave, 714 00:34:50,771 --> 00:34:52,660 I'd already missed my last train. 715 00:34:52,661 --> 00:34:54,453 Of course you did. 716 00:34:54,454 --> 00:34:56,952 I'm sure you were terribly disappointed to have to spend 717 00:34:56,953 --> 00:34:58,538 the night with your beloved Wintelers. 718 00:34:58,539 --> 00:35:00,561 Mileva, please, they're grieving... 719 00:35:00,562 --> 00:35:02,010 I can take him, dear. 720 00:35:02,011 --> 00:35:04,686 Don't touch my son. 721 00:35:04,687 --> 00:35:06,197 I'm only trying to help. 722 00:35:06,198 --> 00:35:07,961 You've been shoving your 'help' down my throat 723 00:35:07,962 --> 00:35:09,000 since you arrived. 724 00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:10,543 Mileva, calm yourself. 725 00:35:10,544 --> 00:35:12,684 That's quite easy for you to say, isn't it? 726 00:35:12,685 --> 00:35:14,637 You do what you want, go where you please. 727 00:35:14,638 --> 00:35:16,054 And I'm here. 728 00:35:16,055 --> 00:35:17,314 Not in a laboratory or 729 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:18,730 in front of a classroom as I should be... 730 00:35:18,731 --> 00:35:20,588 Perhaps I'm mistaken, 731 00:35:20,589 --> 00:35:22,635 but didn't you fail your exams? 732 00:35:22,636 --> 00:35:23,706 Mother, please. 733 00:35:23,707 --> 00:35:25,375 The girl needs to face the truth, Albert. 734 00:35:25,376 --> 00:35:27,044 You need a wife to make you a home, not a... 735 00:35:27,045 --> 00:35:29,406 I'm sorry I'm not Marie Winteler. 736 00:35:29,407 --> 00:35:31,584 So am I. 737 00:35:34,477 --> 00:35:35,861 Mother, apologize. 738 00:35:35,862 --> 00:35:38,349 I knew from the moment my son wrote to me 739 00:35:38,350 --> 00:35:41,597 about you, you would never make him a suitable wife. 740 00:35:42,885 --> 00:35:45,597 Albert didn't marry me because he wanted a housewife. 741 00:35:47,387 --> 00:35:49,313 We're partners. 742 00:35:49,498 --> 00:35:51,448 Darling, open your eyes. 743 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:52,960 You are not his partner. 744 00:35:52,961 --> 00:35:55,102 You are his librarian. 745 00:35:55,103 --> 00:35:57,689 You are his clerk. 746 00:36:00,109 --> 00:36:02,979 Mother, you should go. 747 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,525 Go, go where? 748 00:36:05,526 --> 00:36:08,176 Home. 749 00:36:09,872 --> 00:36:14,033 If you think this creature can make you happy, 750 00:36:14,374 --> 00:36:20,110 then I promise you, son, you are in for a life of misery. 751 00:36:41,598 --> 00:36:44,480 He won't sleep. 752 00:36:44,481 --> 00:36:47,911 I don't know what to do... 753 00:36:48,261 --> 00:36:51,243 Go to bed, Dollie. 754 00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:55,087 I can take him. 755 00:36:55,917 --> 00:36:57,777 Thank you... 756 00:37:00,241 --> 00:37:03,027 I made you something. 757 00:37:03,028 --> 00:37:05,045 Choo-choo, choo-choo. 758 00:37:05,046 --> 00:37:07,191 It's a train, yes. 759 00:37:07,192 --> 00:37:09,145 I was on one of these this morning, 760 00:37:09,146 --> 00:37:12,060 and I couldn't wait to get home to see you. 761 00:37:12,061 --> 00:37:15,747 Papa Jost told me that time is fleeting; 762 00:37:16,706 --> 00:37:19,428 we think moments like these will last forever, 763 00:37:19,429 --> 00:37:22,667 but in fact they'll pass in a split second. 764 00:37:23,849 --> 00:37:27,788 It's a nice sentiment, but you and I both know that time 765 00:37:27,789 --> 00:37:30,514 can't move at different speeds. 766 00:37:47,873 --> 00:37:50,728 Unless... 767 00:37:52,647 --> 00:37:54,988 Unless it could. 768 00:37:56,555 --> 00:37:58,928 Oh my... 769 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,964 Albertli, you've done it! 770 00:38:09,079 --> 00:38:10,648 I've completely solved the problem. 771 00:38:10,649 --> 00:38:12,602 What are you talking about? 772 00:38:12,603 --> 00:38:13,531 Close your eyes. 773 00:38:13,532 --> 00:38:16,546 Pretend you're overlooking a train track... 774 00:38:16,735 --> 00:38:18,848 Imagine a train racing past, 775 00:38:18,849 --> 00:38:21,383 faster than any train you've ever seen. 776 00:38:23,173 --> 00:38:26,536 Now, I want you to imagine, as the train is flying past, 777 00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:28,715 two lightning bolts crashing beyond the tracks 778 00:38:28,716 --> 00:38:30,929 at the same time 100 meters apart. 779 00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:35,858 So what? 780 00:38:35,859 --> 00:38:37,268 Patience. 781 00:38:37,269 --> 00:38:38,965 Now imagine that you're standing in the middle of the 782 00:38:38,966 --> 00:38:41,175 train during the exact same scenario. 783 00:38:41,176 --> 00:38:43,674 Would the lightning bolts be simultaneous? 784 00:38:43,675 --> 00:38:45,083 Of course. 785 00:38:45,084 --> 00:38:47,422 Not if light moves at one speed. 786 00:38:47,423 --> 00:38:48,414 Close your eyes. 787 00:38:48,415 --> 00:38:49,408 Albert, this is ridiculous... 788 00:38:49,409 --> 00:38:51,170 Put yourself back on the moving train, 789 00:38:51,171 --> 00:38:52,227 and really think about it. 790 00:38:52,228 --> 00:38:54,826 Do it, Michele! 791 00:39:00,492 --> 00:39:02,449 Now watch the lightning bolts! 792 00:39:06,065 --> 00:39:09,304 Were they simultaneous to you? 793 00:39:09,653 --> 00:39:11,062 No! 794 00:39:11,063 --> 00:39:13,464 Because you were moving towards one and away 795 00:39:13,465 --> 00:39:15,614 from the other. 796 00:39:16,540 --> 00:39:19,522 To me, standing still, they were simultaneous. 797 00:39:19,808 --> 00:39:22,081 How could the two of us experience 798 00:39:22,082 --> 00:39:23,843 the same event differently? 799 00:39:23,844 --> 00:39:25,765 We couldn't. 800 00:39:25,766 --> 00:39:27,495 Unless... 801 00:39:27,496 --> 00:39:29,897 It's not Maxwell who gets it between the eyes. 802 00:39:29,898 --> 00:39:31,887 It's Newton. 803 00:39:32,076 --> 00:39:33,485 What are you saying? 804 00:39:33,486 --> 00:39:39,636 Time is not absolute. 805 00:39:39,637 --> 00:39:41,397 Holy hell. 806 00:39:41,398 --> 00:39:42,614 I'm writing the paper, Michele. 807 00:39:42,615 --> 00:39:44,760 I dare them to ignore it. 808 00:39:47,869 --> 00:39:49,441 Ha! 809 00:39:57,383 --> 00:39:58,887 Marie. 810 00:39:58,888 --> 00:40:01,710 Come see what we've found... 811 00:40:03,020 --> 00:40:05,618 Don't look. 812 00:40:17,851 --> 00:40:19,708 You believed it would be 1,000 times 813 00:40:19,709 --> 00:40:21,630 stronger than uranium. 814 00:40:21,631 --> 00:40:23,681 This element is a million times stronger, 815 00:40:23,682 --> 00:40:26,627 and it's not even pure. 816 00:40:26,628 --> 00:40:29,703 It's beautiful. 817 00:40:29,704 --> 00:40:32,044 What shall we call it, my love? 818 00:40:36,591 --> 00:40:38,644 Radium. 819 00:40:40,018 --> 00:40:44,057 Dollie, Dollie, you're awake! 820 00:40:44,471 --> 00:40:45,911 Thank God. 821 00:40:45,912 --> 00:40:49,146 Since I first imagined riding alongside a light beam, 822 00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:50,748 it's been bothering me. 823 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,958 How could light freeze in time? 824 00:40:52,959 --> 00:40:54,688 Well, it couldn't! 825 00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:57,090 You're gone before I wake, home after I'm asleep. 826 00:40:57,091 --> 00:40:59,237 Do I not at least deserve a "hello?" 827 00:40:59,238 --> 00:41:01,415 Hello, my darling Mileva, now listen... 828 00:41:01,416 --> 00:41:05,419 300 years ago, Galileo devised his principle of relativity... 829 00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:07,917 Now Newton built on these theories 830 00:41:07,918 --> 00:41:10,800 to devise his own laws; motion, gravitation, 831 00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:11,922 and absolute time. 832 00:41:11,923 --> 00:41:13,107 I know all of that. 833 00:41:13,108 --> 00:41:15,253 But neither man took into account 834 00:41:15,254 --> 00:41:16,887 the true nature of light. 835 00:41:16,888 --> 00:41:20,510 So, I've devised my own principle of relativity. 836 00:41:28,996 --> 00:41:30,597 Lorentz transformations? 837 00:41:30,598 --> 00:41:32,198 Yes. 838 00:41:32,199 --> 00:41:34,569 He saw time dilation as a mathematical quirk. 839 00:41:34,570 --> 00:41:35,946 It's not. 840 00:41:35,947 --> 00:41:37,644 The faster we move through space, 841 00:41:37,645 --> 00:41:40,559 the slower we move through time. 842 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,161 It is extraordinary, Albert... 843 00:41:42,162 --> 00:41:43,826 It's more than that. 844 00:41:43,827 --> 00:41:47,578 It's the redefinition of the universe. 845 00:41:47,767 --> 00:41:48,888 All the work. 846 00:41:48,889 --> 00:41:49,848 All the late nights. 847 00:41:49,849 --> 00:41:51,226 This, Mileva. 848 00:41:51,227 --> 00:41:53,821 This is what we've been chasing... 849 00:41:53,822 --> 00:41:56,063 Will you proof it for me? 850 00:41:56,064 --> 00:41:57,697 Am I your clerk? 851 00:41:57,698 --> 00:41:59,170 Is that it? 852 00:41:59,171 --> 00:42:01,220 No, of course not, Dollie. 853 00:42:01,221 --> 00:42:04,043 You're my partner. 854 00:42:08,237 --> 00:42:10,834 Albertli, you brilliant little man! 855 00:42:20,953 --> 00:42:22,522 Doctor Lauret. 856 00:42:22,523 --> 00:42:23,771 Doctor Curie. 857 00:42:23,772 --> 00:42:26,943 I just received a letter from Stockholm. 858 00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:31,715 You are to be awarded the 1903 Nobel prize in physics for your 859 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:35,435 contributions to the research of radiation phenomena. 860 00:42:37,771 --> 00:42:40,464 A hearty congratulations, Pierre. 861 00:42:42,287 --> 00:42:45,874 Will my wife be given the prize, as well? 862 00:42:45,875 --> 00:42:49,814 Pierre, we all know madame Curie has been 863 00:42:49,815 --> 00:42:51,608 a valuable assistant. 864 00:42:51,609 --> 00:42:54,363 But it's the tools you invented 865 00:42:54,364 --> 00:42:57,053 that are responsible for discovering radium. 866 00:42:57,054 --> 00:43:01,670 No, no, tools don't make discoveries, doctor. 867 00:43:02,661 --> 00:43:04,165 People do. 868 00:43:04,166 --> 00:43:06,535 Madam Curie and I are partners. 869 00:43:06,536 --> 00:43:08,329 Please inform the Nobel committee that I will not 870 00:43:08,330 --> 00:43:11,953 accept the prize if they do not honor my wife alongside me. 871 00:43:21,783 --> 00:43:24,313 "The introduction of a luminiferous ether 872 00:43:24,314 --> 00:43:26,556 will prove to be superfluous." 873 00:43:26,557 --> 00:43:27,581 Superfluous! 874 00:43:27,582 --> 00:43:28,894 I love that word. 875 00:43:28,895 --> 00:43:31,073 I preferred 'idiotic', but alas. 876 00:43:31,074 --> 00:43:33,379 "In conclusion, I wish to say that in working at the 877 00:43:33,380 --> 00:43:35,685 problem here dealt with, I have had the loyal assistance 878 00:43:35,686 --> 00:43:39,080 of my friend and colleague M. Besso... 879 00:43:39,081 --> 00:43:41,483 And that I am indebted to him for several 880 00:43:41,484 --> 00:43:44,498 valuable suggestions." 881 00:43:46,289 --> 00:43:48,210 You thank Michele. 882 00:43:48,211 --> 00:43:49,427 Of course I thanked him. 883 00:43:49,428 --> 00:43:51,285 His advice was instrumental. 884 00:43:51,286 --> 00:43:53,432 But I've helped you with so many papers. 885 00:43:53,433 --> 00:43:55,033 Including this one. 886 00:43:55,034 --> 00:43:57,980 Of course you have. 887 00:43:57,981 --> 00:44:01,668 But you never thought to put my name in any of them. 888 00:44:01,953 --> 00:44:05,639 Well, I suppose it never occurred to me... 889 00:44:07,270 --> 00:44:11,213 No, I don't suppose it did... 890 00:44:12,267 --> 00:44:15,374 No, because in my heart, the two of us are one. 891 00:44:15,375 --> 00:44:16,687 It's our name. 892 00:44:16,688 --> 00:44:19,762 Einstein, 'one stone.' 893 00:44:19,763 --> 00:44:24,475 this paper, every paper, it's both of us. 894 00:44:25,049 --> 00:44:27,162 I couldn't do any of it without you. 895 00:44:27,163 --> 00:44:28,988 You know that. 896 00:44:28,989 --> 00:44:31,903 No one else does. 897 00:44:31,904 --> 00:44:34,502 Mileva. 898 00:44:40,936 --> 00:44:44,527 You're going to be late for work, Albert. 899 00:44:51,540 --> 00:44:54,486 'On the electrodynamics of moving bodies' 900 00:44:54,487 --> 00:44:56,828 by Albert Einstein? 901 00:44:57,018 --> 00:44:59,355 His fourth paper this year. 902 00:44:59,356 --> 00:45:00,732 I haven't seen anything like this 903 00:45:00,733 --> 00:45:02,110 since Newton's annus mirabilis. 904 00:45:02,111 --> 00:45:04,576 Doctor Laue, are you honestly comparing 905 00:45:04,577 --> 00:45:06,754 Einstein to sir Isaac Newton? 906 00:45:06,755 --> 00:45:08,841 Read it. 907 00:45:10,151 --> 00:45:12,136 He provides no footnotes. 908 00:45:12,137 --> 00:45:14,218 That's because he has answered a question 909 00:45:14,219 --> 00:45:16,785 no one was asking. 910 00:45:27,128 --> 00:45:28,409 Herr Einstein? 911 00:45:28,410 --> 00:45:30,458 Max Laue, I work for Professor Max Planck at the 912 00:45:30,459 --> 00:45:31,484 Prussian Academy. 913 00:45:31,485 --> 00:45:32,349 A sincere pleasure to... 914 00:45:32,350 --> 00:45:34,979 I believe you're looking for him. 915 00:45:36,450 --> 00:45:38,115 I've tried to get him to brush his hair 916 00:45:38,116 --> 00:45:39,653 and smarten himself up. 917 00:45:39,654 --> 00:45:42,571 But the man is hopeless. 918 00:45:48,174 --> 00:45:50,415 Albert Einstein? 919 00:45:50,416 --> 00:45:52,337 Author of the principle of relativity? 920 00:45:52,338 --> 00:45:54,547 Well, Galileo is the author 921 00:45:54,548 --> 00:45:55,892 of the principle of relativity. 922 00:45:55,893 --> 00:45:58,231 I simply provided a revision. 923 00:45:58,232 --> 00:45:59,929 My, you are modest. 924 00:45:59,930 --> 00:46:02,304 He most certainly is not. 925 00:46:02,653 --> 00:46:06,592 May I ask why you are working at a patent office? 926 00:46:06,593 --> 00:46:09,895 History is full of bad jokes, I suppose. 927 00:46:10,212 --> 00:46:12,101 My name is Max Laue. 928 00:46:12,102 --> 00:46:15,725 I am here at the behest of Professor Max Planck. 929 00:46:16,491 --> 00:46:17,867 Max Planck? 930 00:46:17,868 --> 00:46:19,212 The father of Prussian physics? 931 00:46:19,213 --> 00:46:21,423 He greatly admires your work, Herr Einstein. 932 00:46:21,424 --> 00:46:23,409 You've achieved more in one year than most scientists do 933 00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:24,786 in a lifetime. 934 00:46:24,787 --> 00:46:27,413 However did you accomplish it? 935 00:46:27,414 --> 00:46:29,431 Curiosity, I suppose. 936 00:46:29,432 --> 00:46:30,744 That and he wanted to be noticed. 937 00:46:30,745 --> 00:46:32,410 Well, you've succeeded. 938 00:46:32,411 --> 00:46:34,300 We would like to help you further your career. 939 00:46:34,301 --> 00:46:36,190 Tell me, are you working on anything else? 940 00:46:36,191 --> 00:46:38,144 Uh, yes, in fact. 941 00:46:38,145 --> 00:46:40,899 I've realized that the relativity principle, 942 00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:42,693 combined with the Maxwell's equations, 943 00:46:42,694 --> 00:46:44,935 requires that mass be a direct measure 944 00:46:44,936 --> 00:46:47,017 of the energy contained in a body. 945 00:46:47,018 --> 00:46:49,611 I'm not sure I follow... 946 00:46:49,612 --> 00:46:52,275 Light carries mass. 947 00:46:52,848 --> 00:46:55,858 But that's impossible. 948 00:46:55,859 --> 00:46:56,816 Perhaps! 949 00:46:56,817 --> 00:46:57,511 For all I know, 950 00:46:57,512 --> 00:46:59,850 the good lord is laughing at the whole matter. 951 00:46:59,851 --> 00:47:01,643 I believe this theory could be tested using 952 00:47:01,644 --> 00:47:04,037 elements whose energy is highly unstable. 953 00:47:04,038 --> 00:47:06,924 Madame Curie's radium, for example... 954 00:47:08,907 --> 00:47:11,441 Herr Einstein, it's... 955 00:47:16,051 --> 00:47:19,722 It's genius.