BBC: Inside Einsteins Mind (Science Documentary )

The story of the most elegant and powerful theory in science - Albert Einstein's general relativity. When Einstein presented his formidable theory in November 1915, it turned our understanding of gravity, space and time completely on its head. Over the last 100 years, general relativity has enabled us to trace the origins of the universe to the Big Bang and to appreciate the enormous power of black holes. To mark the 100th anniversary of general relativity, this film takes us inside the head of Einstein to witness how his idea evolved, giving new insights into the birth of a masterpiece that has become a cornerstone of modern science. This is not as daunting as it sounds - because Einstein liked to think in pictures. The film is a magical visual journey that begins in Einstein's young mind, follows the thought experiments that gave him stunning insights about the physical world, and ultimately reaches the extremes of modern physics.

[kafikfishna]

@35:52 "Matter tells Space and Time to curve and Space-Time tells matter to move." As beautifully said as the equation itself.

[marksimpson]

I am a huge fan of popular science and this is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It captures the brilliance of Einstein in a clear but mind-boggling way while not being dumbed down at all. Beautifully constructed, made, narrated and produced! BBC = 👍👍👍👍👍

[arshadayub]

I couldn't believe how gifted human species is! What seems almost inexplicable and incompressible has been resolved through sheer hard-work of humanity! It is simply astounding!

[titinette]

I think I finally understood the General Relativity Theory!!! And much more!!! What a great documentary!! Thank you so much for posting it!!

[theeducationspot]

Well Einstein has done a great deal of work in his life but left it all for us now to study.
I wish we were also allowed to do experiments ourself :(

[jimsmith]

The wisdom contained within the tobacco plant helped him no doubt.

[chronicled]

Imagine what would've happened if einstein and ramanujan had a collab at that time🤯

[alexisaac]

This was meant for me to watch. This genius fascinates me. Get it al. This guy is a legend a pioneer. Powerful man.

[rooneye]

The way this documentary explains things in layman's terms is fucking awesome. Making something SOOO fucking complicated and complex and esoteric be understood is really commendable lol It's REALLY hard to explain complex things in simple terms. I have Asperger's just like Einstein (and Elon Musk, who is our modern day Einstein) and explaining complex thoughts and things that are in my head is HARD. We with Asperger's have a hard time putting into words the thoughts in our head. Our brains sort of just "see" things, it's hard to explain lol (see what I mean?!😂)

[arunb]

@02:07 - That's a very rare photo...Thanks a lot..

[garrett]

This should be called General Theory of Relativity as Einstein did so much more than this. The GTR is not even what he got his Nobel Prize for. Although Neil Degrass Tyson recently said that Einstein really deserved 8 Nobel Prizes.

[TyGuy]

I would like to see a stand up comic in conversation with these people as part of one of their bits on TV. Lol

[samuelmullins]

More specifically I echo my previous comments more thoroughly about space-time ie which at video minute 21:30 mentions spatial coordinates, which indicates distinguishing betwixt proximity relationships. Thus I repeat hypothesis, that if our moon was 90^ off axis and usually distanced in straight line by Earth's equator plus held motionless ; whilst a feather is likewise located at an angle 6000 or more equator miles at least perpendicular to the moon: and then both released simultaneously ¿ a different acceleration would occur within their different continuums thereby 3 different Time-Spaces, being non-relative by their gravities of 3 different grvity forces of different weights and densities.

Note that Newton's experiment succeeded because of the two smaller object's properties were too similar in comparison to gigantic Earth's disproportion plus his release point so close to Earth's surface disallowed different time-space continuums adequately noticeable...

Differently your Youtube Contributors' experts' like Veritasium's extrapolation actually would succeed in much different experiment: if same linear distance from moon to feather were applied at pluto's distance minus any other planets, thus time-space proximity would be allowed to develops. I think therefore I am an understander equal to collegiate University colleges, even without the math I think at least SOMETIMES? Because I am not an absolute respecter of celebrities, nor a dis-respecter of peasants, I happily acknowledge Precepts from among your prophetic heroes of SCIENCE!! And I praise God for them!!!

[Gaurav-umoh]

Awesome content ! Want more like this❤️

[acostaoctavio]

Excelente documental, de los mejores que ví

[ss-mxob]

cool to see a bit of Edward Witten in his lab

[crieliocriel]

does it makes you a genius if you watch Einstein's documentary?

[TheJacrespo]

The docu is wrong about space-time, because objects are embedded within space-time, and it is the space-time itself that moves, rather than the objects moving through it(So, the analogy of a ball moving through a curved rubber surface is thus incorrect) . The space-time between two objects moves towards the one with greater mass, effectively drawing the object with smaller mass towards it. Imagine being in a 4-D continuum where the space-time itself is pulling you towards a larger mass, such as the Earth. It's not merely the curvature of space-time guiding the motion, but the actual movement of space-time towards the larger mass what makes you move.

[infiniteloops]

Now, I am curious about that Penthouse, what he saw there to have red face 😊 and British version one was more raunch than the American one ha which makes me more curious about it...

[clarkharney]

If different observers cannot “agree on what is simultaneous then they cannot agree on the nature of time itself, even though it is known to exist in some sense of the imagination.”