2019-05-28

Report by Anthony Zee

Title: Einstein Gravity: a random walk

Time:15:00. Sunday June 23, 2019  

Location: Room A101 Tianshan Tang

This talk, based on my textbook on Einstein gravity, consists of a random walk through an assortment of topics, from historical anecdotes to pedagogical tidbits. My focus is on the amusing, the violent, the little known, the rarely mentioned, and the long forgotten. The talk is aimed at advanced undergraduates and above; I do not assume mastery of general relativity. In particular, I comment in passing on contemporary Brazilian cinema.

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