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Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

FromScience with Sabine


Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

FromScience with Sabine

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description


Einstein completed his theory of general relativity in 1915 when he was 37 years old. What did he do for the remaining 40 years of his life? He continued developing his masterwork of course! Feeling that his theory was incomplete, Einstein pursued a unified field theory. Though he ultimately failed, the ideas he came up with were quite interesting. I have read a lot of old Einstein papers in the past weeks and here is my summary of what I believe he tried to do.

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Released:
May 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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