PBS Features Einstein's Famous Equation

porp writes "On Tuesday, October 11th at 8PM EDT, PBS will feature a docudrama about Einstein's discovery of his famous E=mc^2 equation. The program will include details explaining those who came before him and the development of his miracle year. The pinnacle of which according to the program was his discovery that matter and energy are two sides of the same coin. Yahoo summarizes the program details in length." From the article: "Based on David Bodanis' best-seller 'E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation,' the program explores the lives of the men and women who helped develop concepts behind each term: E for energy; m for mass; c for the speed of light; and 2 for 'squared,' the multiplication of one number by itself."

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Meaning of "summarises program details in length"

[Mostly a lurker]

Does this mean it tells you how long the program lasts? Or does it perhaps indicate that E=mc^2 contains six characters? Surely the editors would have picked up on nonsense implying a lengthy precis of the program.

Re:last part of write-up was great

[soft_guy]

You geeks are always upset when people explain technical details like "squared". That's why the business majors of the world have to tell you what to do! If you majored in business, you would not have learned useless concepts like "squared" and you would understand why the general public needs this explained to them.

As to why would someone be interested in E=mc^2 without knowing the concept of "squared", you obviously don't understand business. We can't limit the target audience of our movie to only the few people who know about "squared".

True origin of the famous equation (Far Side)

[macklin01]

Your desk is all squared away. Yep, all squaaaaaaaaaaaared away. (I couldn't find an image to link to--sorry!

Re:True origin of the famous equation (Far Side)

[Anonymous Coward]

Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.

Animaniacs

[thebdj]

Everyone knows that it was the Wacko Brothers and their sister Dot selling kid scout cookies to Einstein that helped him create E=mc^2, by singing the Acme song.

Get it right!

[Anonymous Coward]

Pfff, everyone knows how he developed his famous formula: E=mA^2 ....No E=mB^2 ....No E=mC^2 ....Eureka That or he stole it from the patent office

Re:last part of write-up was great

[NanoGator]

"It shows the willingness of people to remain ignorant of so many things, and concern themselves utterly with the trivial."

... said the guy bitching on Slashdot.