Hi Everyone, Albert Einstein wrote one of the first papers leading to quantum mechanics but even so, he never really accepted the theory. Here’s a conversation with Alan Alda (famed actor but also great writer and science enthusiast) in which we discuss Einstein’s discomfort with quantum theory. --BG PS I also do a little onstage demonstration illustrating the key idea of general relativity: that from the perspective of a freely falling object, gravity disappears. The demonstration starts around minute 9:00 in the clip, in case you want to jump right to spraying water and what it has to do with general relativity.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:10:36 +0000