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Science & Discovery
Einstein's Revolution
Isaac Newton's world had operated in a fixed, rigid, "absolute" framework of space and time. Yet discoveries about electromagnetism in the late nineteenth century created new and troubling inconsistencies. In 1905, Einstein's name became synonymous with "genius" when his Special Theory of Relativity challenged old concepts in physics. Hertz, Lorentz, Mach, Poincare, and others illustrated the ideas that so captivated Albert Einstein and shook our conventional ideas about space and time.
The Science and Discovery Series recreates one of history's most successful journeys--four thousand years of scientific efforts to better understand and control the physical world. Science has often challenged and upset conventional wisdom or accepted practices; this is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress. Aristotle, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, and many others are featured.
The Science and Discovery Series recreates one of history's most successful journeys--four thousand years of scientific efforts to better understand and control the physical world. Science has often challenged and upset conventional wisdom or accepted practices; this is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress. Aristotle, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, and many others are featured.
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First published October 1, 2006
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June 14, 2017
This is a brief overview of the background in the history of physics leading to Albert Einstein's two great theories, special relativity in 1905 and general relativity in 1916.
One strange thing is the narrator, Edwin Newman, kept referring to Newton's great work, "The Principia," as the Printipia. Apparently a typo no one associated with making the recording knew enough science to correct. Probably no one had even heard of Isaac Newton
One strange thing is the narrator, Edwin Newman, kept referring to Newton's great work, "The Principia," as the Printipia. Apparently a typo no one associated with making the recording knew enough science to correct. Probably no one had even heard of Isaac Newton
June 14, 2017
This is a brief overview of the background in the history of physics leading to Albert Einstein's two great theories, special relativity in 1905 and general relativity in 1916.
One strange thing is the narrator, Edwin Newman, kept referring to Newton's great work, "The Principia," as the Printipia. Apparently a typo no one associated with making the recording knew enough science to correct. Probably no one had even heard of Isaac Newton.
One strange thing is the narrator, Edwin Newman, kept referring to Newton's great work, "The Principia," as the Printipia. Apparently a typo no one associated with making the recording knew enough science to correct. Probably no one had even heard of Isaac Newton.
March 13, 2012
Really well down overview of the subject.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews