Nova just televised a wonderful program on the Genius of Einstein's Great Equation.

Fascinating to see all the characters that lead up and contributed to Einstein's equation--Faraday for instance:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/crea...i4/faraday.asp

and the Brilliant: Émilie du Châtelet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet

Voltaire declared that du Châtelet was "a great man whose only fault was being a woman".[1]