Lectures tagged "Theory of Relativity"

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Strange Views of Space and Time: Einstein to String Theory
Gary Horowitz
October 23, 2005
01:00:37
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miraculous year", Gary Horowitz describes the modern view of space and time.
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Faster than the Speed of Light
Joao Magueijo
October 22, 2005
00:54:00
Joao Magueijo discusses some of the more dramatic implications of a varying speed of light.
Einstein's Rise to Fame
David Rowe
October 15, 2005
01:01:52
David Rowe argues that, to the extent that the relativity revolution reflected a new sensibility with deep psychological roots, it could not have found more fertile soil than in Einstein's Berlin.
Was Einstein Right?
Clifford Will
October 5, 2005
01:01:05
Clifford Will discusses how the most celebrated scientific theory of the 20th century held up under the exacting scrutiny of planetary probes, radio telescopes and atomic clocks.
Einstein: Reshaping Space, Time, and Energy
John S. Rigden
October 2, 2005
01:02:29
John S. Rigden discusses the two groundbreaking papers that Einstein published in June and September of 1905.
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Marcia Bartusiak
March 10, 2004
01:10:12
Marcia Bartusiak discusses new observatories that allow astronomers to place their hands upon the fabric of space-time and feel the very rhythms of the universe.
Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps
Peter L. Galison
March 3, 2004
01:17:35
Peter Galison introduces us to the world that Einstein grew up in, and subsequently changed forever, with the release of his earth shattering theory of special relativity.