What Einstein got wrong
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2018].
ISBN
9781501999000, 1501999001
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Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Audiobooks | CD (BK.) 530.092 HOO | On Shelf |
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Published
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2018].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 PDF disc.
Language
English
ISBN
9781501999000, 1501999001
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In container (17 cm.).
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Title from container.
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Compact discs.
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12 lectures (30 min. each)
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Includes PDF disc of course guidebook.
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"Course No. 1307."
Participants/Performers
Lecturer: Dan Hooper.
Description
These twelve half-hour lectures are about what Einstein got wrong. He may have kindled a scientific revolution with his famous theory of relativity and his proof that atoms and light quanta exist, but he balked at accepting the most startling implications of these theories-such as the existence of black holes, the big bang, gravity waves, and mind-bendingly strange phenomena in the quantum realm. In a course that assumes no background in science and uses very little math, research physicist Dan Hooper of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Chicago focuses on Einstein's personal qualities that made him a heavy hitter with relativity but also a strikeout king in many of his other ideas. You start with two lectures on Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, and in a later lecture you cover his founding role in quantum theory. All are titanic achievements. The balance of the course deals with his false starts, blind alleys, and outright blunders, which are fascinating for what they reveal about the give-and-take conduct of science. Dr. Hooper closes with a lecture on the missteps of other great physicists-Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton-proving that Einstein is in good company. Even geniuses struggle to find the truth.
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AUDIOBOOK CD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hooper, D. (2018). What Einstein got wrong (Unabridged.). Teaching Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Dan, 1976-. 2018. What Einstein Got Wrong. Teaching Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Dan, 1976-. What Einstein Got Wrong Teaching Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hooper, Dan. What Einstein Got Wrong Unabridged., Teaching Company, 2018.
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