Albert Einstein – 6 – History Channel – (HD) (High definition) / Albert Einstein – 6 – Canal Historia (HD) (Alta definición). This is the extraordinary story of Albert Einstein and his decades-long battle to prove his Theory of General Relativity amid the violence of war and his tumultuous personal life. In 1907, Einstein challenged two centuries of scientific belief and Sir Isaac Newton with a mind-boggling theory: Gravity is not pulling you down. Instead, massive bodies like the Sun and the Earth are bending space and time around you, pushing you down. He then had to prove his theory to unconvinced scientists. He figured that light from a distant star, as it passes right next to the sun and the suns gravitational field, will be bent. And the only way to see that would be to photograph a total solar eclipse. Fiercely competitive astronomers raced each other to exotic locations to see if Einstein was right… or wrong. Hardships, weather, and war foiled their expeditions until 1922 when the photographic proof was clearly, and without a doubt, captured. It launched Albert Einstein as a global icon celebrated around the world for his genius–and his humanity. This rich DVD from HISTORY™ moves beyond theories and the cult of personality to breathe new life into the man, not the myth. Also seen at: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Probably history’s most famous scientist, Albert Einstein made huge breakthroughs in various fields. He’s the favourite scientist of David Fairhurst from Nottingham Trent University. More favourite scientists at www.favscientist.com
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@subh1 The Michelson / Morley experiment was 1887, 18 years is not 2 centuries. Also, what does light not slowing down through a non-existent aether have to do with the speed of light being constant for all observers?
i always thought Einstein didnt come up with e=mc^2, and he copied it from a mathematicien, i think his name is Poincaré
Crazy… He didn’t even have a pet elk or a golden nose.
@kght222 to put it simply, plausible infinite challange
the beauty of science and scientists, is that we can know that einstien was not 100% correct, but still love him and his contribution. just as we love isaac newton even though we know that he was far from 100% correct. science strives to find the correct answers to the questions of existence, but all know that at best they are getting closer to the truth. it is what makes science so marvelous, the idea that you can aim at something your whole life, but the bullseye it unlikely to ever be hit.
I wonder if men like Einstein told us only what we were ready for.
Finally! I have been waiting for FavScientist to do this video on Einstein! Thank you so much! He is my favourite scientist!
@FavScientist Well at 6:09, 267/5 = 53.4 which is exactly the number of days that Franklin Story Musgrave has spent in orbit around the Earth. Making him one of our few real time-travelers as he is now about 1 millisecond younger than if he had stayed on earth, another is Sergei Avdeyev which is 1/15th of a second younger. Probably not it but I thoroughly enjoyed reading about that
@vtwinbreed That’s only speculation…
I like how there was no mention of him having Aspergers Syndrome.. 
@FavScientist “Albert Einstein: Maker of Universes” reference? 267/5
This guy just seems so passionate, great video, great interviewee!
I am happy to see someone brave enough to pick an obvious favorite scientist.
Thank you from Max in USA, Florida (southwest).
Geat video. However the fact that speed of light is constant was not Einstein’s idea/contribution. It was at first place an experimental observation dating back to at least 2 centuries before Einstein (e.g. Michelson-Morley expt). Also, for special relativity, Lorentz deserves a greater credit than Einstein. Einstein just did the relativistic mass and E=mc^2 part. What Einstein’s genius should be attributed to more is his theory of general relativity.
@Minifig666 IPA: /’aɪnʃtaɪn/ is the standard German pronunciation, /’aɪnstaɪn/ the English one because there is no “ʃt” (like in shtick) in standard English. HTH
@0x8x0 Oh sorry, I was allays under the impression that there was emphasis on the Stein. You learn something new every day. The most important question though is how did he pronounce it?
If you could borrow his brain for 5 seconds you would say DUDE CANT HANDLE IT UNPLUG THIS GENIUS!
Am I the only one who was kinda hoping for more in this video?
Don’t feel I really meet the man Einstein in this presentation. Want to hear his relation the war and what he did during it..
great scientist, horrible father and husband.
I really hope we can find a way to travel into the past!
@Minifig666 Actually, for a Brit David does a good job pronouncing it. It comes quite close to as northern Germans would pronounce it.
*Wishes Einstein was pronounced correctly*
@LionelsDevil yeahh!! telsa was amaziiiiiiiing! the have to do something about him too!!!
Anyone else out there ‘know’ that light is a constant but secretly doubt it inside (even though you know it to be true)?
well… for me is Leonardo Da Vinci.. because he was the genious in his time… I think that he was our salvation for so many things now! .. besides that I love to draw and love his drawings and his message in them!… so I think you guys have to do something about him one of this days PLEASE!!
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