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EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Nov 24, 2008 3:36 PM
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I'm just curious how many people saw this show, and what they thought about it.
I inadvertantly read a negative "review" prior to airing, and almost didn't watch it. Thankfully though, I did, and found it not only interesting, but well worth the time.
I thought the show struck a good balance by touching on formative aspects of Einstein's early life, followed by more in-depth coverage of the important events surrounding his so-called "miracle year" of 1905. I didn't realize that it took almost 15 years, and the photographic evidence of a solar eclipse, before Einstein's general theory of relativity was confirmed. Though it wasn't necessarily crucial that the show explain the inordinate hoops (and World War) that the other scientists (astronomers) had to go through in order to capture the images that would inevitably prove Einstein's theory, I greatly appreciate the fact that they did. The inclusion of this part of the story, in a sense, helped convey the struggles the rest of the scientific community dealt with in their attempts to "catch up" with Einstein and his theories.
Also, I loved the fact that the producers didn't sugar-coat how difficult Einstein could be in real life. His treatment of the members of his own family, in particular his first wife Mileva, was a real eye-opener. As sad as that part of his life was, it's good to be reminded every once in awhile that Albert Einstein was a living, breathing, HUMAN being, and not just a famous name we've grown accustomed to seeing in the history books.
That said, I thought this "doc" was pretty good, and would love to hear the thoughts (good or bad) of anyone else that also saw it.
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Re: EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Dec 3, 2008 4:36 PM
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I did watch this documentary, and I agree with everything you have said. The thing that greatly surprised be was the way he was portrayed in his family life, and that he wasn't perfect. This show really brought a kind of human element to Einstein that I have never thought of before I saw it.
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Re: EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Jan 19, 2009 1:11 PM
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I am surprised that Michio Kaku is the only one that I have seen who understands gravity as a compression field.
Next I would like everyone to understand the fractal feature to the twist in the fabric of space-energy.
They did not show the field of space as anything but static.
The rotation of the sun does create a vortex in which all the planets are caught up in their orbits. Much like our solar system is caught in the rotation of our galaxy. Even our moon is caught in the vortex of our planet's rotation.
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Re: EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Jan 20, 2009 3:14 PM
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I might add that the expansion of the universe is due to the gravitational influence, being that it is a compression field - a big push.
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Re: EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Jan 21, 2009 7:12 PM
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There is one more thing I need to add. Michio Kaku put forth a challenge in his book "Hyperspace" that one cannot imagine 10 dimensional space. Well I found that if you consider: Mater and Energy with Information, appear at Once to bind Observation (Quantum Ocean).
I figure that three dimensions of energy to be Gravity, Temperature, and Magnetism. These are things that we can measure. There may be a fourth dimension for elasticity. Consider Space-Energy to be like a sponge: Wherever mater exists Space-Energy does not exist. It has been displaced and exerts a force in resistance to being displaced - gravity. A side effect is the increase in density of energy giving us temperature. This would explain to me why the corona is hotter than the surface of the sun. With that in mind, I consider the temperature of a neutron star to be absolute zero. No energy exists within, thus no temperature.
As for Information; every point in Space has direction, speed, acceleration, momentum and maybe torque(spin). Information for each point may very well be changing continuously.
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Re: EINSTEIN: The Man Behind The Legend
Jul 13, 2009 12:08 PM
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I thought this was an excellent show and I have watched it at least 4 times. Every time I see it, I pick up something new. The show's explanation of the "Special Theory of Relativity" is the only time this has been explained that I have ever understood it.
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