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The Extraordinary Genius of Albert Einstein

The Theory of Special Relativity as part of the educational process: not for the sake of understanding the theory itself, but in using Einstein’s particular discovery as a case study to demonstrate and walk people through real human thinking. The presentation ends with reflecting on the principle of relativity in terms of social relations and individual identities or thought processes, asking the question –how was Einstein able to make his breakthrough?

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  • Michael Allison

    People are rating this one low, but I liked it! Learned a lot. Thanks for posting! 

  • Seanpatrick

    OMG Eindtein is super interesting, but you’ve somehow managed to make this documentary extremely boring?…..It’s like the BBC are the only people who know how to properly do a program. f*@!

  • awful_truth

         There are many documentaries that better explain Einstein, and his accomplishments. (special and general relativity) While I commend their promoting Einstein’s thinking, they did no justice towards his idea of simplicity, with their convaluted explanation.
         In a nutshell, velocity(speed) is a measurement of distance divided by time.(V=D/T) If the measurement of the speed of light remains constant regardless of the speed of the person measuring it, something else in the equation must be changing. (time) the speed of light is so fast compared to any other velocities you will encounter in life, it has tricked you into believing that time is a constant, when it is not. Thus, the faster you travel compared to others around you, the slower you age compared to them.(only noticable at high speeds) At the speed of light, time stands still. Thus, relative motion is actually relative perception. 
         A consequence of this is, two people can observe the same thing, and disagree about their observations,(contradictory explanations – simultaneous vs. non simultaneous) yet both are correct. Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it. Live long, ans prosper everyone.