The elegant universe

Resource Information

The work The elegant universe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The elegant universe

Statement of responsibility

a Nova production for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4 in association with David Hickman Films, Sveriges Television, and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; writers, Joseph McMaster, Julia Cort and Brian Greene ; directors, Julia Cort and Joseph McMaster

Contributor

• McMaster, Joseph
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• David Hickman Films (Firm)
• WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
• WGBH Video (Firm)
• Cort, Julia
• Greene, B., (Brian), 1963-
• Howes, Ruth, (Ruth Hege)

Author

• Greene, B., (Brian), 1963-

Director

• McMaster, Joseph
• Cort, Julia

Host

• Greene, B., (Brian), 1963-

Producer

• Cort, Julia
• McMaster, Joseph

Screenwriter

• Cort, Julia
• McMaster, Joseph

Subject

• Superstring theories
• Documentary television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Documentary films
• Cosmology
• DVD-Video discs
• Unified field theories
• Video recordings
• Documentary films

Genre

• Video recordings
• Documentary films
• Documentary television programs
• DVD-Video discs

Language

eng

Summary

• Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an end to that search
• "One of the most ambitious and exciting scientific theories ever posed--one that may be the long-sought 'Theory of Everything'--gets a masterful and lavishly animated explanation that will excite scientists and non-scientists alike. Beginning with simple and clear explanations of major concepts of physics, including gravity, electromagnetism, and relativity, 'The Elegant Universe' illuminates one of the most revolutionary theories in physics today. Known as string theory or superstring theory, this startling idea proposes that the fundamental ingredients of nature are inconceivably tiny strands of energy, whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe. The theory attempts to unite the laws of the large--general relativity--and the laws of the small--quantum mechanics--breaking a conceptual logjam that has frustrated scientists for nearly a century. If string theory proves correct, the universe we see obscures a reality that is far richer and more complex than anyone ever imagined--a universe with numerous hidden dimensions, a universe in which the fabric of space can rip and tear, a universe that may be but one of many parallel universes."--Container

Member of

• Nova (Television program)

Cataloging source

PSC

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Mike Coles ; music composed by Ed Tomney

Dewey number

539.7/258

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired ; audio-described

PerformerNote

Hosted by Brian Greene ; introduction, Ruth Howes

Runtime

180

Target audience

general

Technique

live action