Kavli Institute For Theoretical Physics
Presents
The KITP Public Lecture Series
Presents
The KITP Public Lecture Series
From zero to c in 60 minutes: ...A crash course in Einstein's relativity
sponsored by Friends of KITP
Mark Twain once wrote: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble -- it's what you know for sure that just ain't so." So it was that, 109 years ago, some of humanity's collective confusions were lifted when a 26-year-old Swiss patent clerk realized that something that everyone on Earth knew for sure was actually profoundly wrong. Come hear Professor Shankar get to the heart of Albert Einstein's great insight, which has been called "The most beautiful thought that anyone has ever had," using a blackboard, a piece of chalk and no equations. The only prerequisite for you: an open mind.