
Einstein and Eddington
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- 2008
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(0.00 / 0 votes)Slowly and carefully!
Keep it coming.
Gently now.
Ver careful.
Careful with the telescope.
Dyson! What are you doing?
We need some help here!
All right, men, come on,
put your backs into it.
Nearly there.
Come on now, just one more push.
Nearly.
All right, men, not far to go.
Another foot.
- And up.
- That's it!
It's bad news, I'm afraid.
The photographic plates,
they've been damaged.
It's the heat.
They weren't stored properly.
All of them?
There are only eight
which will work.
Then we have eight photographs.
We won't have any at all if this
weather doesn't lift by tomorrow.
If the cloud breaks
at quarter past two tomorrow...
and we look up into the heavens,
take photographs of the eclipse...
...we will be scientists at our work.
We'll be looking at
the poetry of existence.
And if Einstein's right, the universe
will never look the same again.
Well, it had better stop
raining then, hadn't it?!
Got it!
Match points.
This is it. Three years, we've been
playing this pair, we've never won.
Seize the moment, Eddington.
Out!
We've won. We've won.
Well played.
Well played, old boy.
Well played.
William, I think it was in.
What?
I think the ball was in.
The sun was in your eyes,
you couldn't possibly see.
You've taken five years of defeat
with impeccable politeness, Eddington.
- Accept this victory with good grace.
- No, the ball was in.
Let him have his moment.
He's off to fight.
Don't spoil this.
He didn't tell me.
I don't consider it a victory.
I think you've made that very clear.
- Sorry, I'm being...
- What? Pig-headed?
- Yes.
- And stubborn.
You're very fond of William,
aren't you?
I could see at the tennis.
You should tell him.
What's that?
Some of the committee had
doubts about appointing you
on account of your youth.
- Sir Oliver.
- You must be the sister.
Know what I said? I said
there have been nine directors
of the Cambridge Observatory
Each of them have slept where
you'll sleep, eaten where you'll eat
and each of them was as damned sure
about Newton as the man before.
Tea would be nice.
And cake.
Winnie.
I told them, "You listen to me,
what is there to do after Newton?"
We have the truth,
we know how the universe works.
We need a director who can measure
and describe what we know to be true.
We need Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Bugger theory. Give me
the best measuring man in England.
The jam's home-made.
Excellent.
I'll leave you men to talk,
shall I?
Perhaps there'll be
a Mrs Eddington soon.
There's a minimum height of 5' 7".
For astronomers' wives?
My son Raymond is 5ft 6in.
You know what they did?
The recruiting officer
measured him in his shoes.
Oh, I see, the army.
Which, um...?
Cambridgeshires.
We're damned proud of the boy.
I know you're a Quaker
and won't fight.
I've no quarrel with that.
But you're worried.
Because you're an Englishman,
you feel your patriotism
is in conflict with your faith.
I can help.
The University of Berlin
is gathering together
the best German scientists.
For reasons obvious.
German science is putting itself
at the right hand
I see.
There's one man they want
very badly. We don't know why.
We don't see the point of him.
What does this have to do with me?
I want you to look at this
man's work and give a lecture.
We need English science to remind
everyone just how strong we are.
Newton's truth is
Good man.
What's his name?
Albert Einstein.
What are we doing?
I'm steering the boat.
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