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1 A physicist meets filmmakers Pavel Cejnar Inst. Particle & Nuclear Physics, Fac. Math.Phys., Charles Uni. Prague

2 171 countries 45 languages Genius. 10 EPISODES ON TUESDAYS Based on book by Walther Isaacson Script by: Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink et al. Produced by: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard et al. Starring: Geoffrey Rush ( old Einstein ), Johnny Flynn ( young Einstein ) et al. Photos National Geographic

3 Series shot in Czechia! Staff: people 95 % Czech crew Photos National Geographic

4 Physics plays the central role! Czech physics crew : Jiří Podolský Stanislav Daniš Pavel Cejnar Jiří Svoboda (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Astr.Inst.,Acad.Sci.Czech Rep.)... Photos National Geographic

5 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards All together approx. 100 blackboards Czech physics crew : Jiří Podolský Stanislav Daniš Pavel Cejnar Jiří Svoboda (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Fac.Math.Phys.,Charles Uni.) (Astr.Inst.,Acad.Sci.Czech Rep.)... Photos National Geographic

6 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboards vs. Background blackboards Photos National Geographic

7 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Background blackboard: Example 1 Photos National Geographic

8 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Background blackboard: Example 1 Robert Oppenheimer s blackbord 1950 work on photosynthesis Photos National Geographic

9 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Background blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, erotic scene, Berlin 1922 Photos National Geographic

10 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Background blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, erotic scene, Berlin 1922 Photos National Geographic

11 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Background blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, erotic scene, Berlin 1922 Courtesy: Jiří Podolský Photos National Geographic

12 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboard: Example 1 Episode 1, secondary school, Munich 1894 l = ln Courtesy: Jiří Podolský Photos National Geographic

13 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboard: Example 1 Episode 1, secondary school, Munich 1894 l = ln Courtesy: Jiří Podolský Photos National Geographic

14 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, lecture on relativity, Berlin 1922 Photos National Geographic

15 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, lecture on relativity, Berlin 1922 Manuscript Über die spezielle und allgemeine Relativitätstheorie 1. Vorlesung, 1921 Albert Einstein Archives, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Courtesy: Jiří Podolský Photos National Geographic

16 Blackboards, blackboards, blackboards Playing blackboard: Example 2 Episode 1, lecture on relativity, Berlin 1922 Dr. Jiří Svoboda Photos National Geographic

17 Experiments, instruments, labs Röntgen 1895 Lenard 1901 Sklodowska, Curie 1898, 1902 Haber Courtesy: Stanislav Daniš

18 Experiments, instruments, labs Röntgen 1895 Lenard 1901 Sklodowska, Curie 1898, 1902 Haber Courtesy: Stanislav Daniš

19 Experiments, instruments, labs Röntgen 1895 Lenard 1901 Sklodowska, Curie 1898, 1902 Haber Courtesy: Stanislav Daniš

20 Experiments, instruments, labs Uranprojekt, Berlin 1939 Heisenberg & von Weizsäcker

21 Experiments, instruments, labs Uranprojekt, Leipzig 1942

22 Experiments, instruments, labs Uranprojekt, Leipzig 1942

23 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s home, Princeton 1935 Einstein explains Bohr the idea of the EPR paper on incompleteness of quantum theory

24 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s home, Princeton 1935 Einstein explains Bohr the idea of the EPR paper on incompleteness of quantum theory

25 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s office, Princeton 1951., Einstein and Bohr have a quarrel about quantum theory

26 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s office, Princeton 1951 Spin formulation of EPR. Einstein and Bohr have a quarrel about quantum theory

27 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s office, Princeton 1951 Spin formulation of EPR., Einstein and Bohr have a quarrel about quantum theory - -

28 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s office, Princeton 1955 Einstein s real last blackboard Bohr notices a mistake wrong third derivative on Einstein s blackboard Courtesy: Jiří Podolský

29 Puzzles, trickinesses, brain-twisters Einsten s office, Princeton 1955 Albert Einstein Archives, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Archival Call Number 3-12 Bohr notices a mistake wrong third derivative on Einstein s blackboard Courtesy: Jiří Podolský

30 Physics is a lot of fun! Thank you for patience

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