Einstein again in Prague in 2017: Filming the TV series Genius.

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1 Einstein again in Prague in 2017: Filming the TV series Genius. Prof. Jiří Podolský Institute of Theoretical Physics Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University, Prague, 2018

2 Genius.TV series National Geographic 1 st season 2017 Albert Einstein 10 episodes, 50 minutes 171 countries, 45 languages

3 Genius. producers Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and others based on the book by Walther Isaacson script Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink and others photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

4 Genius. main actors: Geoffrey Rush as elder Einstein Johnny Flynn as younger Einstein photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

5 Genius. photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

6 Genius. filmed only in/around Prague, 9/2016 2/2017 staff people, 95 % were Czechs photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

7 Genius. Einstein in Salzburg September 1909 photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

8 Genius. episode 5, minute 16 though experiment: in a freely falling lift there is no gravitation (locally)

9 Einstein in Prague Einstein s appointment to professor of theoretical physics proposal to the Monarch by the Minister of Cultus and Education Graf Stürgkh, and the decision by Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph s personal consent on letter of appointment decreeing Einstein a regular professor in Prague

10 Genius. their fictitious meeting epizode 5, minute 15

11 Einstein s residence in Prague Einstein with his wife Mileva and sons Hans Albert and Eduard lived in Třebízského Street (now Lesnická 7) in Art Nouveau style house built in 1910 in Smíchov district Jiří Podolský the entry of permanent residency of the Einstein family in the Prague police registry after leaving the house, he would turn right along the Vltava River soon reaching the Palacký Bridge:

12 Einstein s walk to the Institute 2 3 after crossing the bridge he would walk to the Karlovo Square, would pass the baroque Faust House and continue up past the hospitals 4 Palacký bridge built in 1878 had two tollhouses decorated with statues by the sculptor J. V. Myslbek 5 close to the gothic St. Catherine s Church Einstein would turn into the Viničná Street and would come to the Natural Sciences building of the University 6 the street, on its eastern side, is flanked by the wall of the oldest insane asylum Albert Einstein to Philipp Frank: Those are the madmen who do not occupy themselves with the quantum theory!

13 Genius. Einstein and Mileva at the Charles Bridge episode 5, minute 21

14 Genius. episode 5, minute 26 Albert Einstein and Michele Besso in a discussion at the Charles Bridge about a deflection of light

15 Einstein s Prague work on gravity he started to systematically build his general relativity in his first Prague article from June 1911: On the influence of gravity on propagation of light he derived gravitational redshift and deflection of light rays photo Jiří Podolský

16 but it was only a first step on a long journey to a complete theory of general relativity 1915 almost 5 years of Einstein s effort Zürich mathematical description of a curved space-time using differential geometry: metric and general tensors Berlin searching for the correct form of the equations of gravitational field Einstein with Grossmann: Outline of a Generalized Theory of Relativity and Theory of Gravitation Equations of Gravitational Field : presented

17 Genius. Einstein writes his final equations of gravitational field Now it is complete. episode 7, minute 24

18 behind the scenes: preparing the blackboards scene 717 photo Jiří Podolský photo Jiří Podolský here I am giving advice to Albert Einstein, namely what is the Ricci tensor G im (nowadays denoted as R μν )

19 writing the blackboards according to my templates calligrapher L. Kouba, Liberec Town Hall, photo Jiří Podolský

20 Einstein finishes GR, Berlin, November plenary sessions of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin filmed in Liberec th episode of the series scenes 711,717, no scene scenes 722, scenes 732 photo Jiří Podolský scene 711 my template of the first blackboard

21 original source: scenes 711, 717, 719

22 original source: scenes 711, 717, 719

23 original source: scenes 711, 717, 719

24 mathematical formalism photo Jiří Podolský scene 717 my template and the blackboard

25 first form of the field equations photo Jiří Podolský scene 719 my template and the blackboard

26 original source: scenes 722, 725

27 original source: scenes 722, 725

28 original source: scenes 722, 725

29 original source: scenes 722, 725

30 original source: scenes 722, 725

31 : perihelion precession of Mercury photo Jiří Podolský scene 722

32 : perihelion precession of Mercury photo Jiří Podolský scene 725

33 : perihelion precession of Mercury

34 original source: scene 732

35 original source: scene 732

36 : final field equations photo Jiří Podolský scene 732

37 Genius. Einstein versus Hilbert November 1915 episode 7, minute 14

38 Genius. Hilbert, November 1915 episode 7, minute 14

39 Albert Einstein versus David Hilbert Hilbert action, from which the Einstein s eqs. can be obtained by calculus of variations photo Jiří Podolský scene 718

40 , Hilbert my template for the film original paper p. 402 p. 404 Einstein is the only creator of the physical theory of general relativity, together with Hilbert they have joint merit for the discovery of this fundamental equation (Abraham Pais) this explicit form of Einstein s equations was added by Hilbert in proofs

41 the key test: deflection of light during the Solar Eclipse on May 29, 1919

42 Genius. episode 10, scene 6 photo Jiří Podolský measurements 1919 theoretical prediction 1915

43 Genius. photo National Geographic, Dušan Martinček

44 the final shot of the whole series Genius www page director, script writer and producer Kenneth Biller describes the final shot of the series

45 the final shot camera on a long crane

46 the final shot camera on a long crane

47 the final shot Einstein with Alice walk on the Princeton campus and talk

48 the final shot Einstein with Alice walk on the Princeton campus and talk I have no special talent. But I am very, very curious, Alice. All I do is ask questions. Just like you do. That is the most important thing. Anybody can do that.

49 the final shot Princeton, Einstein and Alice: final 30-seconds shot without a cut

50 the final shot Princeton, Einstein and Alice: final 30-seconds shot without a cut

51 the final shot Princeton, Einstein and Alice: final 30-seconds shot without a cut

52 the final shot Princeton, Einstein and Alice: final 30-seconds shot without a cut

53 the final shot of the whole series Genius www page

54 the final shot of the whole series Genius only 100 meters from Einstein s office at Prague University in Viničná Street!

55 Einstein s office, Viničná Street photo Jiří Podolský filmed in Apolinářská Street, maternity hospital as Princeton