Sleep Story 295 – Nature of the Physical World
Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults
Teddy
4.5 • 547 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Tonight, we'll be exploring a timeless topic: science and physics, as understood in 1929. This story originates from a series of lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1927. While the principles discussed may seem dated, many remain relevant today.
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| 1:03.8 | Hello. |
| 1:07.9 | Welcome to the Bore You to Sleep podcast. |
| 1:15.1 | The podcast that will hopefully help you get to sleep. |
| 1:26.6 | I am going to read an open source book, one that is not particularly interesting, but one that is hopefully boring enough to get you to sleep. |
| 1:30.7 | Tonight's reading comes from The Nature of the Physical World. |
| 1:35.3 | Published in 1929, |
| 1:38.4 | this story comes from a series of lectures |
| 1:41.2 | which were delivered in 1927 at the University of Edinburgh. |
| 1:48.8 | It explores science and physics as it was understood at the time. |
| 1:54.3 | Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, a lot of the principles discussed remain true to the present day. |
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