What Einstein Got Wrong

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Physics Courses Astronomy Courses Black Holes Courses Special Relativity Courses General Relativity Courses Quantum Entanglement Courses Gravitational Waves Courses

Course Description

Overview

Discover the fallible side of the world's most celebrated genius as you trace Einstein's path to greatness.

Syllabus

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01: What Einstein Got Right: Special Relativity
02: What Einstein Got Right: General Relativity
03: Einstein's Rejection of Black Holes
04: Einstein and Gravitational Waves
05: Cosmology and the Cosmological Constant
06: The Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy
07: What Einstein Got Right: Light Quanta
08: Does God Play Dice with the Universe?
09: Quantum Entanglement
10: The Search for a Unified Field Theory
11: Problems with Time Travel
12: What Other Giants Got Wrong

Taught by

Dan Hooper

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