Awesome Totality
Episode 6 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Find out how Einstein used the 1919 solar eclipse to prove his theory of relativity.
Find out how Albert Einstein used the awesome totality phase of the 1919 solar eclipse to prove his theory of relativity, which predicts that large objects bend “space-time” (the three dimensions of space, along with the fourth dimension of time) towards themselves.
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Awesome Totality
Episode 6 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Find out how Albert Einstein used the awesome totality phase of the 1919 solar eclipse to prove his theory of relativity, which predicts that large objects bend “space-time” (the three dimensions of space, along with the fourth dimension of time) towards themselves.
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