Einstein and Eddington Page #6

and decide the outcome

without any more bloodshed.

I won't sign.

You are an expensive addition

to the university.

Are you threatening me?

He's reminding you

of your love of God...

...and your duty to your country.

What do you give him, Max?

Hm?

I work on artillery trajectories.

I have a contract,

and my part of it

is the work that I do.

I do not belong to anyone.

You cannot have my name.

The Einstein paper.

I've been told it's unavailable

until further notice.

You've been told? What does that mean?

All German scientificjournals

have been taken out of circulation.

Eddington?

Are you all right?

- I was looking for something.

- What?

The Einstein paper.

Why? You made clear your views.

A very good job you did.

Whatever you might think about

German military ambition,

it has nothing to do with German science.

Really?

"A manifesto to the civilised world.

"The German people are one."

Max Planck - scientist.

Wilhelm Rntgen - scientist.

Fritz Haber - scientist.

I think this makes it clear that we cannot

distinguish between the German military

and German scientists,

wouldn't you say, old chap?

He's not there.

Einstein's not on the list.

But it just so happens

that, at this moment in history,

he has moved himself to Berlin.

I think that shows us

where his allegiances lie.

Consorting with the enemy

is a treasonable offence, Eddington.

Arthur!

Come with me.

Agnes, the sun.

Die Sonne.

Die Sonne, yes.

Uranus.

Uranus.

Neptune.

Neptun.

- Saturn.

- Saturn.

The planets make their orbits

around the sun.

We can measure their orbits

very, very precisely.

Newton's theory of gravity tells us

where they'll be

when they pass closest to the sun.

He's always right, but...

...with Mercury, he's out.

No-one likes to admit it, but

the reality is a tiny fraction different

from that which

Newton predicts it should be.

But by how much?

The length of a fingertip

in millions of miles, but still out.

- Agnes, um... Mercury?

- Merkur.

- Merkur.

- What are you doing?

I'm going to write to Albert Einstein.

Every theory must make predictions

about the real world.

I want to ask Einstein

what his theory predicts for Mercury.

Handel.

Technically good,

but essentially shallow.

Wagner?

Indescribably offensive.

I feel only a deep disgust for Wagner.

Mozart?

Mozart...

In Mozart, I see a reflection

of the inner beauty of the universe.

We've been talking about music.

Yes.

All day.

When I should have been working.

Is it because you are stuck?

You said

you knew nothing about physics.

Let's keep it that way.

This is the senior common room.

She's a woman.

Do you know, Haber,

I think you could be right.

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