>>> HE'S A LEGENDARY FILMMAKER  
WHO DIRECTED SOME OF THE MOST   
ACCLAIMED MOVIES IN HOLLYWOOD.  
IN 2002 RON HOWARD WON THE AWARD
FOR BEST DIRECTOR FOR "BEAUTIFUL
MIND" WITH JOHN GNASH.          
>> AND NOW HE'S TELLING US ABOUT
ALBERT EINSTEIN IN A NATIONAL   
GEOGRAPHIC SERIES CALLED        
"GENIUS."                       
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.              
>> WHAT IS TIME?                
A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE YES, YET IT
IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING     
                                
RELATIVITY.                     
THIS IS THE REASON MY HAIR IS   
GOING GRAY.                     
OR WE DESCRIBE MOTION, WE DO SO 
AS A FUNCTION OF TIME, THAT     
MEANS PER SECOND, 100 MILES PER 
HOUR, BUT THE MATHEMATICAL      
DESCRIPTION OF VELOCITY IS MOOT,
UNLESS WE CAN DEFINE TIME.      
>> RON HOWARD, GOOD MORNING.    
>> GOOD MORNING.                
GOOD MORNING.                   
>> HOW ARE YOYOU?               
>> ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU WOULD    
THINK, ALBERT EINSTEIN AS A     
SERIES, NOT REALLY, BUT         
TELEVISION WAS THE PERFECT      
PLACE.                          
>> ABSOLUTELY.                  
THERE TURNS OUT TO BE SUCH A    
COMPLICATED, INTERESTING,       
DRAMATIC LIFE WITH A LOT OF     
SURPRISES AND TWISTS AND TURNS. 
AND, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY  
TO DELVE INTO NOT ONLY, WHAT WE 
CREATED, WHAT HE GAVE HUMANKIND,
BUT HIS RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH    
WERE FASCINATED, COMPLICATED AND
KIND OF WILD.                   
AND ALSO THE POLITICAL TENSION  
OF THE TIME, WHERE HE FOUND     
HIMSELF THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE   
GUN SIGHTS OF SOME VERY HEAVY   
PLAYERS, BETWEEN J. EDGAR HOOVER
IN THIS COUNTRY WHO DIDN'T WANT 
TO LET HIM IN, AND A JEWISH     
SCIENTIST IN NAZI GERMANY WHERE 
HE WAS TARGETED.                
>> SUCH A BEAUTIFULLY SHOT SHOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE.          
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE.   
AND THERE ARE TEN OF THEM?      
>> IT'S TEN EPISODES, WHICH IS  
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TELL THE   
STORY, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF ALL THE
TWISTS AND TURNS AND ALL THE    
SURPRISES.                      
ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU LOOK AT IN
TERMS OF THE HISTORY OF THE 20th
CENTURY, HE WAS EITHER A WITNESS
TO OR INFLUENCED IN SOME WAY.   
AND THERE'S SO MUCH DRAMA AROUND
THAT.                           
BUT ALSO, I'VE LOOKED AT MOVIE  
SCRIPTS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT    
EINSTEIN, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS  
INSUFFICIENT.                   
THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE 
GOING TO BE THAT GREAT MOVIE    
EXPERIENCE.                     
WHEN BRIAN AND I STARTED LOOKING
AT THIS, BASED ON WALTER        
ISAACSON'S BIOGRAPHY, GREAT     
BOOK, WE THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS  
THE WAY TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH   
THE MAN IN A VERY DRAMATIC,     
POWERFUL, ENTERTAINING AND      
SURPRISING WAY.                 
>> GROWING UP, WERE YOU A FAN OF
ALBERT EINSTEIN?                
OR WERE YOU SURPRISED?          
>> I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH UNTIL I   
READ WALTER'S BOOK AND BEGAN TO 
READ THE PILOT EPISODE OF THIS. 
AND AS I SAID, I LOOKED AT      
SCREENPLAYS IN THE PAST AND     
THOUGHT I KNEW KIND OF WHAT THE 
STORY IS, BUT HIS RELATIONSHIPS 
WITH WOMEN ARE THE BIGGEST,     
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SURPRISE.  
FIRST OF ALL, THAT ALBERT       
EINSTEIN, AS A YOUNG GUY, WAS A 
LADIES MAN.                     
>> EINSTEIN WAS A PLAYER.       
>> HE WAS A PLAYER.             
>> HE WAS ATTRACTED TO VERY     
POWERFUL, INTELLIGENT WOMEN.    
BELIEVED IN MARRIAGE, VERY      
COMPLICATED FIRST MARRIAGE.     
SHE WAS A PHYSICIST HERSELF.    
INFLUENCED HIS WORK IN VERY     
IMPORTANT WAYS.                 
NOT SO MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THAT.
BUT ALSO EMILY WATSON PLAYS HIS 
SECOND WIFE, ELSA, SUCH A       
POWERFUL ACTRESS AND VERY STRONG
WOMAN.                          
SO THESE RELATIONSHIPS PLAY A   
VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE WAY  
THESE STORIES UNFOLD.           
ALONG WITH THE POLITICS, ALONG  
WITH THE DRAMA, AND A BIT OF THE
SCIENCE.                        
NOT TOO MUCH.                   
JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
UNDERSTANDING IF YOU CARE.      
>> YES.                         
IT'S A RECIPE FOR A GREAT SHOW. 
>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.           
SO SMART BUT YOU CAN RELATE TO  
IT 100%.                        
>> THANK YOU.                   
>> I KNEW HE WAS E EQUALS MC    
SQUARED AND HE TAUGHT AT        
PRINCETON BECAUSE I WENT TO     
PRINCETON.                      
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.              
I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ALL THE     
RELATIONSHIPS.                  
IT IS SO COMPELLING.            
IT'S AMAZING.                   
>> I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH
DRAMA WAS AROUND HIM.           
BETWEEN HIS OWN MAVERICK SORT OF
ACADEMIC LIFESTYLE AND HOW MUCH 
PRESSURE WAS PUT ON HIM THERE,  
HOW MUCH PRESSURE WAS PUT ON HIM
BEING A SCIENTIST, JEWISH       
SCIENTIST IN NAZI GERMANY.      
AND THEN THE FACT THAT, YOU     
KNOW, AMERICANS WEREN'T SO SURE 
ABOUT ALLOWING HIM IN BECAUSE   
THEY THOUGHT HE COULD BE A      
COMMUNIST.                      
>> IT SOUNDS CRAZY NOW.         
>> HE CAME THAT CLOSE TO NOT    
BENEFITING FROM THIS GUY'S      
GENIUS.                         
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR   
DEAN ABOUT DATING?              
>> SHOW UP.                     
SHOW UP.                        
>> YES.                         
>> COME ON.                     
>> HOWARD BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US.
