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longship

(40,416 posts) Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:08 PM Nov 2015

Two hours of Einstein tonight on PBS Nova!

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of General Relativity.

Ought to be really good. I hope they have Walter Isaacson, who wrote a really marvelous biography. A good read.

Starting at 9:00PM EST.

Will xpost to Science.

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Two hours of Einstein tonight on PBS Nova! (Original Post) longship Nov 2015 OP

Whois that? Rex Nov 2015 #1

Bad Rex. Bad, bad Rex! longship Nov 2015 #2

Hehe...I wish I still had cable I would have DVRd it! Rex Nov 2015 #3

Pshaw! Newtonian age! longship Nov 2015 #4

And such a tiny solar system in an unremarkable galaxy. Rex Nov 2015 #5

Thank you. cpwm17 Nov 2015 #6

It was great. applegrove Nov 2015 #7

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. Whois that?

Reply to longship (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:09 PM

Nov 2015

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Bad Rex. Bad, bad Rex!

Reply to Rex (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:10 PM

Nov 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

3. Hehe...I wish I still had cable I would have DVRd it!

Reply to longship (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:13 PM

Nov 2015

Enjoy! Without Einstein we would still be in the dark. Stuck back in the Newtonian Age.

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. Pshaw! Newtonian age!

Reply to Rex (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:19 PM

Nov 2015

Meh! It only gets probes to land on other planets.

And those ridiculous flybys. Ha! Pluto! Not even a planet.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

5. And such a tiny solar system in an unremarkable galaxy.

Reply to longship (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:22 PM

Nov 2015

We remarkable enough, because you and I live in it!

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)

6. Thank you.

Reply to longship (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:25 PM

Nov 2015

I now have a rare excuse to turn on the TV.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)

7. It was great.

Reply to longship (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 01:55 AM

Nov 2015

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