The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 21 March 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Let's relax with some sleepy physics, as Bertrand Russell unravels the Theory of Relativity. Drugging people and putting them in balloons is somewhat mentioned. Science!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:20.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our |
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| 0:46.3 | And because you joined in the month of March, both of you will be entered into our |
| 0:51.0 | raffle for supporters, the prize for which is your very own printed |
| 0:55.8 | copy of the 1897 Sears Roebok and Co. catalog. |
| 1:02.2 | It's hundreds of pages of a fascinating look into the past, and I know the winner will |
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| 1:37.0 | Now let's read and relax. |
| 1:42.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:46.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:49.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:52.0 | Let it. nice deep breath in let it out slowly and off we go. Tonight we're relaxing with an explanation of one of the key scientific theories of the 20th century, |
| 2:10.0 | the ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, |
| 2:16.4 | author of the principles of mathematics, |
| 2:20.0 | proposed roads to freedom and Why Men Fight. |
| 2:25.0 | Published as part of the Harper's Modern Science Series |
| 2:30.0 | by Harper and Brothers, New York and London, copyright 1925. |
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