Albert Einstein - Physicist, Philosopher, Humanitarian

Essentials of General Relativity (1x8)

Air date: Jan 01, 2008

According to general relativity, gravity is caused by the curvature of space-time, with surprising implications such as the slowing of clocks in strong gravitational fields and the bending of light passing near a massive object like the sun. The latter prediction led to a famous confirmation of general relativity and made Einstein a world figure.