What Einstein Got Wrong Season 1 Episode 5
What Einstein Got Wrong
Season 1

Ep 5. Cosmology and the Cosmological Constant

  • TV-PG
  • December 8, 2017
  • 28 min

Investigate what Einstein reportedly called his "biggest blunder": his insistence that the universe is static, despite the prediction of general relativity that space is either expanding or contracting. Explore why general relativity is inconsistent with a static universe, and chart astronomer Edwin Hubble's pioneering observations that prove we live in an expanding cosmos.

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Investigate what Einstein reportedly called his "biggest blunder": his insistence that the universe is static, despite the prediction of general relativity that space is either expanding or contracting. Explore why general relativity is inconsistent with a static universe, and chart astronomer Edwin Hubble's pioneering observations that prove we live in an expanding cosmos.

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  • First Aired
    December 8, 2017
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    28 min
  • Language
    English
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