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Introduction
During the filming of "The Elegant Universe" between August
2001 and April 2003, series coordinating producer Andrea Cross
meticulously documented the production process with her still
camera.
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London
Brian Greene, host of "The Elegant Universe," works out a
general relativity equation during shooting on a London set.
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New York City
Director of photography Mike Coles (middle) meets with
assistant cameraman Richard Comrie (left) and producer,
director, and writer of "The Elegant Universe," Joe McMaster,
during a shoot on Wall Street.
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Trinity Site, New Mexico
Brian Greene operates a Geiger counter at the site of the
world's first atomic detonation in 1945. The Trinity Site is
located on the northern end of the White Sands Missile Range
in central New Mexico.
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London
As the camera crew looks on, Brian Greene (seated) fiddles
with the "universe machine," a visualization of the various
properties of forces and matter in the universe.
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London
Actor David Rex plays Polish mathematician Theodor Kaluza as
he appeared in 1919, when he was pondering the possibility of
a fourth dimension.
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Southern Coast of England
The crew huddles under gray skies while preparing to film
Brian Greene discussing the contributions of Sir Isaac Newton
to our understanding of the universe.
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London
Make-up artist Sarah Berry prepares Brian Greene's face for
filming under bright lights.
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Princeton, New Jersey
Director of photography Mike Coles sets up a shot in the
doorway of Albert Einstein's former home. The family that
lives in the house today permitted NOVA rare access to film
there.
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London
The "Quantum Cafe," a set in "The Elegant Universe" where the
normal rules of physics don't apply.
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London
Attached to wires and blown by a wind machine, Brian Greene
"flies" through the air. This shot is set against a green
screen background, which will be replaced in the editing
process by footage of a city street scene.
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White Sands, New Mexico
Newton's apples dot the sand in preparation for a shoot about
gravity.
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New York City
In a deserted piano factory, the NOVA crew prepares to film an
interview with Brian Greene on "unification," the formulation
of a law that describes everything in the universe with a
single equation.
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London
Actor Stuart Linden, playing an elderly Einstein, gets
direction from NOVA's Joe McMaster.
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New York City
The NOVA crew films Brian Greene in the midst of Times
Square's hustle and bustle.
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Dorchester, Massachusetts
An empty chair awaits a cellist, whom the mirrors will make
appear quintupled, representing five dimensions.
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London
A custom-made poster serves as a prop outside a London theater
set.
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White Sands, New Mexico
At the end of a long day of filming, sound man Keith Rodgerson
(left), Brian Greene (middle), and producer Joe McMaster hike
out of the desert.
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