114: Beautiful Tightropes of Logic

In this deep space image from the Hubble Space Telescope, every object you see is a galaxy. In the center is a massive cluster of galaxies. The arcs around the cluster are images of a galaxy behind the cluster. The cluster bends space, which distorts the galaxy’s image into multiple curved arcs, in the same way that an imperfection in a pane of glass might. Here is clear proof of Einstein’s theory; proof that was unavailable in 1915.

After ten years of further work, Albert Einstein publishes his General Theory of Relativity, which changes our understanding of the very nature of reality.

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Einstein gave “cause for apprehension”, expressed in the infrequently-performed introduction to the song As Time Goes By (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZVx3C1qhLk)

I don’t understand why there was a reference to “third dimension” there when it was the “fourth dimension” that was shocking, but perhaps it was a misunderstanding by the lyricist.

Daniel Kim says:

April 13, 2024 at 9:41 am

Einstein gave “cause for apprehension”, expressed in the infrequently-performed introduction to the song As Time Goes By (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZVx3C1qhLk)

I don’t understand why there was a reference to “third dimension” there when it was the “fourth dimension” that was shocking, but perhaps it was a misunderstanding by the lyricist.