Is lone, genius a trope that we want to be true, but never is? I don't know any lone genius. One of the most wonderful aspects of theoretical physics is collaboration. There's nothing more adorable than seeing physicists sit around a table and you watch the rhythm how they're talking. And then somebody pops up again with the next idea. That's what happened a thousand years ago in bagdad - across the table, ideas were shared,. Ideas were contested, and only the best ideas rose out of that.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, filmmaker Ron Howard, astrophysicist Janna Levin, and comic co-host Harrison Greenbaum celebrate and explore the life of Albert Einstein, including his path to scientific enlightenment and the impact of his genius on the world.
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