Easy Lessons in Einstein by Edwin E. Slosson (1865 - 1929)
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Easy Lessons in Einstein by Edwin E. Slosson (1865 - 1929) is a arts podcast hosted by LibriVox. It has 11 episodes, with the latest published January 1970.
Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in non-mathematical terms, by the use of thought experiments and pop-cultural references of the day. This edition also includes a short article by Einstein on Time, Space and Gravitation. (Summary by JoeD)
arts ·eng ·11 episodes
A Prefatorial Dialogue, A New View of Gravitation
Contradictory Experiments, The Conundrum of the Ages
Paradoxes of Relativity, Are You Sure of Your Shape?
Introducing the Fourth Dimension, Time as the Fouth Dimension
A Worm’s-Eye View of the World, Turning Time Backward, the Metaphysics of the Movies
The Egocentric Theory of the Universe
Non-Euclidean Geometry, Some Simple Examples
The Eclipse Observations
Who is Einstein? How to Lose Weight, A Substitute for Gravity
The Weight of Light, Mutable Theories and Stable Facts, Scientific Versus Legal Laws
Time, Space, and Gravitation, by Dr Albert Einstein
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