Brian Greene Explains That Whole General Relativity Thing

Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene explains how the universe works using a water bottle and disco music.

[stiimuli]

I love that Stephen seems genuinely interested in promoting science and intelligence.

[shannonlyonsmurphy]

Meanwhile Jimmy Fallon is spitting water on celebrities.

[totallynotthefeds]

I'm glad Academics are getting more shine, so we can stop making stupid people famous.

[ClwydEnComu]

Bloody love that Stephen puts science and non-cinematic arts right up there at the front of his show, brilliant host. Wish we had more emphasis on culture and knowledge in general media.

[hugodesrosiers-plaisance]

The mouthful basically means that everything always actually moves in a straight line - gravity doesn't **attract** anything, rather, it is able to warp that straight line into what we call a curve.

[cjpatz]

“Space time is a four dimensional Hausdorff Differential Manifold on which a metric tensor is imposed that solves the Einstein Field Equations, and that metric tensor gives rise to geodesics and objects that are not experiencing any other force move along the geodesics described by that metric!”
Holy crap that was a mouthful!

[QuantumBraced]

I like that he has scientists and inventors and leaders and other intellectual celebrities in. How cool an idea to honor Einstein and special relativity!

[dangleason]

Finally a phrase to tell the general public how little they actually understand.

[pablocastellanos]

"The ONLY rapper Eminem is too afraid to diss"

[Pfromm]

Albert Einstein says that space-time is a four dimensional Hausdorff differential manifold on which a metric tensor is imposed that solves the Einstein field equations, and that metric tensor gives rise to geodesics, and objects that are not experiencing any other force will move along the geodesics described by that metric! *throws punches*

[danielsmith]

I love Brian Greene soo much. He’s so passionate and seems to love teaching, he’s like a kid with a new toy. We need more reverence of figures like him and not celebrities that contribute nothing to society as a whole.

[astrog]

Newton: I'll leave it to the consideration of the readers


Einstein: Hold my moustache

[dizzy-]

I just love, when someone is hyped about something. I'm not that much into science myself, but if someone starts to tell me about something science-related and he just seems as happy as this guy, I'm really starting to get interested.

[silverfox]

That 30sec explanation took me 3 years and a degree in physics to understand 😂

[Chill]

I FUCKING LOVE that Stephen is sharing science knowledge with us !!!

[duncanwallace]

The end was fantastic. So good to not dumb things down!

[brennbeez]

"it's up to you man, go nuts." Is that what the gods look like when they're creating universes?

[daedalus_]

I'm really glad that Stephen asked for the technical explanation. It was truly beautiful jargon.

[johnnyregs]

If anyone hasnt read Dr. Greene's book "The Elegant Universe", i cannot recommend it enough. He is able to explain the most radical nuances of quantum mechanics, string theory, theoretical physics and so on in the most beautiful, simple and thought provoking ways. Him, Michio, and the great Brian Cox are truly the stewards of the highest forms of sciences today.

[ashwynn]

Wow that stopping of water flow of dropped bottle is the coolest thing I've seen. Just that one short demonstration opens up a whole vista of understanding!!