Exploring Einstein: Life of a Genius
One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein changed the world with four papers that led directly to the development of atomic weapons, space travel, satellite technology and a profound understanding of the universe.
But, wracked with guilt over the real – world applications of his science – specifically, how the use of atomic weapons clashed with his religious beliefs – Einstein spent the last half of his life desperately trying to disprove the implications of so much of his work.
Learn how the greatest scientist of the 20th century would spend his final years enduring appalling professional humiliation. While most of the world hailed him as a genius, he slowly became a marginal figure within the scientific community – revered, but ignored. And it was all because he could not accept the fact that his life’s work stood at odds with his personal beliefs.
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July 25th, 2009 at 21:05
Hi
At the very end of Part 5 of “Exploring Einstein, Life of a Genius” ther is a black and white image if Einstein.
I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
Any ideas of where it can be found and saved for future printing
Thanks
August 1st, 2009 at 06:15
Hi,
Does anyone know the name of the aria at the very beginning of part one?
Thanks
November 9th, 2009 at 03:17
The conclusions reached in the summary above are garbage.
Yes je was unhappy about his role in the initiation of the Manhattan project but he was NOT wracked with guilt about his scientific theories in any way. The summary mixes his personal life with his theoretical life in an entirely wrong-headed manner.
And today there is a recognition that he was almost certainly on the right track in his search for a grand-unified theory of physics, though he simply didn’t have the necessary scientific research available upon which to base it (comprehensive high-energy physics, cosmology, dark matter and energy, the cosmic background radiation, and some modern maths).
It’s true he never yielded completely to the findings and implications of modern quantum theory, and he was almost certainly wrong in that particular stubbornness (see Bell, Aspect, et al), but he still served as an extremely effective devil’s advocate in forcing quantum theory to heights of discipline and articulation (see Bohr).
Or, as Einstein himself might characterize the summary-writer, “He’s not even wrong”.
- Greg