The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean Einstein's Golden Moment
Sep 12, 2023
This podcast explores Albert Einstein's confirmation of his theory of relativity, the failed attempts to find the hypothetical planet Vulcan, the experiment that challenged Newton's laws of motion, Einstein's revolutionary contributions to science, and his emotional experience while solving the mystery of Mercury's orbit.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
From Newton to Einstein: The Mystery of Vulcan
02:58 • 6min
The Fight Over the Speed of Light and the Contradiction Found by Michelson and Morley
09:12 • 2min
Einstein's Revolutionary Contributions to Science and the Theory of Gravity
11:40 • 5min
Einstein's Golden Moment and the Challenges Ahead
17:09 • 3min