Galileo, Newton and Einstein for the Masses
(via the incomparable piony) ….relativity can be fun, thanks to Ramamurti Shankar, Yale University. His talk of trains reminds me of Jacob Bronowski’s lucid description of the theory of relativity in The Ascent of Man. Here, thanks to Google and Internet, you can watch the brilliant Bronowski as he talks about how the structure of nature is translated into numbers. And, more impressively, apropos Newton, Einstein et al, Bronowski’s take on the matter (at around the 33 minute mark).
