Unpacking Einstein’s Greatest Papers, with Janna Levin

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Chapters & Sections (76)

0:08 Introduction and Context on Einstein's Work chapter
3:06 Einstein's Book and Cover Art chapter 2
3:06 British vs Is There an Extra U?
3:36 Einstein's Last Name Change
4:07 Einstein's Crumbs Analogy chapter 3
4:07 Crumbs Analogy Explanation
4:39 Einstein's 1905 Work
5:11 Photoelectric Effect and Relativity
6:46 The Constant Speed of Light chapter 2
6:46 Challenging the Constant Speed of Light
7:18 Thought Experiment on Relative Motion
7:50 Einstein's Theory and Relative Measures chapter 2
7:50 Einstein's Mediation and the Nature of Speed
9:25 The Brownian Motion Analogy
9:56 Einstein's Quantum Nature of Matter and Brownian Motion chapter 4
9:56 Einstein's Relational View of Air and Quantum Nature
10:28 Atomic Structure and Brownian Motion Analogy
10:59 Thermal Motions and Statistical Behavior
11:31 E= MC² and Patent Office Work
13:05 Nobel Prize and Theoretical Results chapter 2
13:05 Stephen Hawking and Nobel Prize Difficulty
13:37 Mozart's Age and Einstein's Ideas
14:07 Ground News and CERN's Future Circular Collider chapter 2
14:07 Ground News and Clarity in Complex Stories
15:11 Einstein's Cosmological Constant and Crumbs
16:15 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity chapter 3
16:15 Curved Spacetime and Gravity
16:48 Limitations of General Relativity
18:21 The Cosmological Constant and Universe Stability
19:22 Einstein's Theory and Hubble's Discovery chapter 3
19:22 Einstein's Initial Theory and Blunder
20:25 Hubble's Discovery of Expansion
21:59 Cosmological Constant and Nobel Prize
22:30 The Concept of Dark Energy and its Impact on the Universe chapter 3
22:30 The Unstable Nature of Dark Energy and its Dominance
23:00 Accelerated Expansion and the Big Rip
24:34 Gravitational Lenses and the Detection of Black Holes
25:36 Gravitational Lenses and Black Holes chapter 4
25:36 Gravitational Lenses and the Splitting of Light
26:07 Black Holes and Mathematical Theory
27:09 Thought Experiment on Black Hole Formation
27:39 Event Horizon and Surface Gravity
28:09 Einstein's Equations and the Schwarz Solution chapter 4
28:09 The Schwarz Solution to Einstein's Equations
28:41 Crushing a Soda Can and the Resistance of Matter Forces
29:14 Isaac Newton's Failure to Understand Solar System Stability
30:17 Perturbation Theory and the Canceling of Little Tugs
31:20 Einstein and Black Holes chapter 2
31:20 Einstein's Limitations and Black Holes
31:51 Quantum Physics and Energy Levels
32:23 Stimulated Emission of Radiation chapter 2
32:23 Stimulated Emission of Radiation Discovery
33:25 Laser Technology and Applications
34:57 Introduction to Laser Technology chapter 4
34:57 Laser Basics and Applications
35:29 Amplification and Coherence in Lasers
36:29 Laser History and Impact
37:30 Einstein's Views on Quantum Mechanics
38:33 Gravitational Waves and their Prediction chapter 3
38:33 Predicting Gravitational Waves and their Properties
39:34 Detection of Gravitational Waves through Pulsars
41:09 Kip Thorne and the Development of LIGO
41:40 Gravitational Waves and Black Holes chapter 2
41:40 Detection of Gravitational Waves and Implications
43:16 Unification of Forces and Einstein's Work
44:52 Electromagnetic Force and Weak Force chapter 3
44:52 Conjoining Electromagnetic and Weak Forces
45:23 Grand Unified Theories and Obstacles
46:25 Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
47:29 Einstein and Wormholes chapter 2
47:29 Einstein's Crumbs and Quantum Wormholes
48:31 Isaac Newton and Calculus
51:06 Introduction and Context chapter 3
51:06 Einstein's Crumbs and the Joy of Why
51:37 The Origin of the Show and Steve Strogats
52:08 Jim Simons and the Simons Foundation

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