Einstein's Universe

Einstein's Universe is the title of a 1979 BBC documentary film, produced in association with WGBH, Boston. The occasion was the 100th birthday of Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879). The television documentary was produced with Peter Ustinov as narrator and speaker. The following scientists were involved in explaining the facts: Kenneth Brecher, Sidney Drell, Roger Penrose, Wallace Sargent, Dennis Sciama, Irwin Shapiro, and John Archibald Wheeler. The main filming location was the McDonald Observatory in Texas, USA.^[1] On 1 January 1980 it was broadcast on ARD in German dubbing.^[2]

A book of the same name was published at the same time.^[3] The authorship and screenplay in both cases were written by the British science journalist Nigel Calder.