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Science Talk

The Errors of Albert

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, talks about his article "What Einstein Got Wrong," in Scientific American’s September issue, devoted to the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s publication of general relativity   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2

Welcome to Scientific Americans Science Talk posted on September 2nd, 2015. I'm Steve Murski. On this episode, Einstein always approached deep problems, and therefore, when he

0:51.3

made mistakes, they usually are about problems that were really at the heart of

0:54.4

physics.

0:54.9

That's Lawrence Krauss.

0:56.2

He's the director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, where he's also a physicist

1:01.2

and cosmologist.

1:02.5

He's the author of nine books so far, the most recent being A Universe from Nothing, Why

1:07.6

There is Something, Rather Than Nothing.

1:09.8

And he's a contributor to Scientific American September issue devoted to the 100th anniversary

1:14.7

of Einstein's publication of general relativity.

1:17.8

Krauss's article is called What Einstein Got Wrong, I called him at his office to talk about

1:23.1

the errors of Albert.

1:26.5

First, I want to read your lead for the article because I really liked it.

1:32.0

Like all people, Albert Einstein made mistakes, and like many physicists, he sometimes

1:36.9

published them.

1:38.4

That sounds like something that you can relate to.

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