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Jul 2024

49m 41s

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russe...

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Let’s relax and sleep with more about Einstein’s theories of relativity, how geometry gets messy on a sphere, the validity of measuring with eels, and a bit about Pythagoras, who feared beans. Who knew?

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