Tea, coffee, and light refreshments
A chance to meet neighbours and have a chat after film
third Thursdays each month 6:30 PM
Free entry - just bring yourself (and maybe a friend!)
IMDb genres:
Docudrama, biography, drama, history
synopsis & commentary:
Einstein and Eddington is a historical drama about the unlikely scientific bond between Albert Einstein and British Quaker astronomer Arthur Eddington, set against World War I, focusing on Eddington's mission to experimentally prove Einstein's revolutionary General Theory of Relativity during wartime, challenging Newtonian physics and Eddington's own pacifist loyalties.
(From online review Caleb Woodbridge Caleb Woodbridge - creative freelancing & cultural apologetics ) - "of the two characters, I found Eddington’s story by far the more involving. Eddington struggles between Newtonian orthodoxy and Einstein’s bold new ideas, between his pacifism and his patriotism in the face of the First World War, struggling with his love for his friend William Marston which he dare not express, and between his faith and the horrors of war. The script, and David Tennant’s performance, weave all these conflicts together, all of them impacting on each other, to powerful effect..... The story explores the relationship between science and faith. Towards the start, Eddington presents Newton’s theory of gravity as part of a Christian view of the world full of confidence that “everything happens for a purpose”. But his confidence is shaken both by Einstein’s new theory that time is not absolute but relative, and by the death of Marston in the War...."
This quality TV movie delivers a generous portrayal of a British Quaker in a real-life relationship with Einstein in the early years of the 20th century, touching on science, theology & philosophy, sexuality, politics & war giving us all something to reflect on. The New Scientist described Eddington as Einstein's 'bulldog' in England, championing ideas that were then still controversial amongst physicists. A chance to get an informative and humanistic account of both the great Einstein before he was famous, and of an unsung Quaker hero.