Introducing EinSteinchen, an animated techno-Einstein who has a genius for explaining physics. In section one of this DVD, this likable know-it-all elucidates 12 essential topics in 90-second segments that are perfect for launching lectures or illustrating concepts. Section two departs from EinSteinchen's virtual world to show 12 cutting-edge applications or studies of Einsteinian physics in high-level mini-documentaries of two to five minutes in length.SECTION ONE animated segments include:
*Absolute and Relative: How size can appear to be relative through perspective
*E=mc2: What exactly this famous formula means
*The Discovery of Slowness: Relativity of time when traveling through space
*As Fast as Light: Why light's velocity is constant, and why nothing can outpace it
*Glowing Atoms/Stimulated Emissions: The role that excited atoms play in laser emissions
*The Super-molecule/Bose-Einstein Condensation: Wave-like behavior of atoms at temperatures approaching absolute zero
*The Spooky Long Distance Effect: Entanglement of spatially separated particles
*Bent Space: How massive objects exerting enormous gravity bend space
*Dancing Particles: How the forces that play a role in molecular interactions can be defined by formulas
*Electricity from Light: How light energy can be converted into electrical energy
*The Invisible Force: How gravity exerted by stars and planets keeps the universe in motion
*Wormholes: Theoretically speaking, how travel through a wormhole could provide a shortcut across space
SECTION TWO mini-documentaries include:
*Nuclear Medicine - A Formula and Its Results: E=mc2 as it relates to PET scans
*Satellite Navigation - Einstein's Contribution to GALILEO: Compensating for time relativity in navigational satellites
*The Speed of Light, Part 1- Light Researchers: A satellite experiment to test whether light really does propagate at the same speed in all directions
*The Speed of Light, Part 2 - Radar Satellite: TerraSAR-X, an X-band radar mapping satellite that relies on measurements based on the speed of light
*The World's Fastest Flash: Stimulated emissions and history's first attosecond laser pulse
*Juggling Ultra-cold Atoms: Implications of Bose-Einstein condensation waves on the possibility of making a quantum computer
*Cloned Atoms through Teleportation: Implications of "spooky action at a distance" on the possibility of making a quantum computer
*Cosmic Telescopes: Using gravitational lenses to search for undiscovered galaxies and dark matter
*Racing Down Einstein's Paths: detecting gravity waves with laser interferometers
*Organic Solar Cells: Applying the photoelectric effect to hydrocarbon polymers
*Time Travel through Wormholes - Nothing More Than a Dream?: Speculations on wormholes and how, theoretically, to make use of them
*The Search for a Theory of Everything: Hunting for evidence of the Higgs boson as a part of the search for Einstein's elusive Theory of Everything
*** Has on-demand English subtitles