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The Story of Spacetime - From Galileo to Quantum Gravity

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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This talk traces the development of general relativity and its interactions with Newtonian physics, from Galileo to research on the possible granularity of spacetime.

Syllabus

Introduction
General Relativity
Outer Space
Inner Space
Falling Objects
Celestial Mechanics
Newtons Theory of Gravity
Acceleration
Newtonian Theory
Newtonian Criticism
Mindfulness Meditation
Time
Global Moment of Now

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The Royal Institution

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