What Einstein Got Wrong Season 1 Episode 10 The Search for a Unified Field Theory

  • TV-PG
  • December 8, 2017
  • 27 min

Einstein spent the last decades of his life searching for a unified field theory that would unite general relativity with Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. But by then, quantum theory had superseded Maxwell's work, rendering the entire exercise futile. See how this quest has nonetheless stimulated ideas for unification in proposals such as string theory.

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  • First Aired
    December 8, 2017
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    27 min
  • Language
    English
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