AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
211 | Solo: Secrets of Einstein's Equation
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
X, Y and Z Coordinates in General Relativity
In general relativity it's very important to distinguish the physically real things from the coordinate artifacts. There are no natural coordinates to use, so you can think that something is natural and telling you something is real, but it's really not. Why are those mues and nues appearing over and over again? Because they are indices in space time, not in space. Then Einstein's equation is expressed as r mu nu minus one half which equals eight pi g t mu nu.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode