Einstein - Common Language of Science Audio

To hear Einstein's essay spoken in his own words gives us the listener an opportunity to step back in time; we experience a certain aliveness of him as we hear the sound of his voice, providing a deeper impression of this essay and exceptional man of science.

Click the link below to hear the audio, view the post below to read his essay in its entirety...

http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/listen_as_albert_einstein_reads_the_common_language_of_science_1941.html
Einstein - Common Language of Science Audio

Higgs Boson Particle - Prof Brian Cox

The Higgs Boson particle is being reported as a rather extraordinary grand discovery for our lifetime, who better to explain this wonder than Prof Brian Cox

Einstein - Common Language of Science

This essay titled Common Language of Science was written by Einstein in 1941, he gives us the reader a empirical understanding on the fundamental development of language and its relationship to humanity. He takes the concept of language from its origin and evolution, and skillfully unfolds the delicate future this tool beholds. Einstein beautifully details the evolution of language to thinking, and as these seedlings germinated and prospered it progressed to the development of an international language of science. Even though this essay is short on content, the concept and progression of language is truly the single most important human discovery of our time, I have reflected on this daily...pondering how this remarkable contribution has affected the quality of my life and the civilization of humanity. We can easily say, the science of language has provided each of us a grand gift by design, and our lives are made easier as we rely on the technologies of this magnificent advancement.

Einstein - Morals and Emotions Part II

A befitting essay, morals and ethics are the life blood of our existence, once these vital core principles begin to decay so does our civilization. Einstein's essay is as timely today as when he wrote it.

Einstein - Morals and Emotions

Einstein wrote this essay the year following Moral Decay, while I haven't researched his motivation for writing this essay; the essay seems to offer an insight into where morality breaks down in humans and how one would find within themselves, the elements necessary to build a solid foundation capable of upholding ones principles.

This will be posted in two parts...

Einstein - Moral Decay

As I make attempts to find the ending thread to my tribute to Einstein; I read a newspaper, listen to a broadcast or view some general social interaction...and from these daily experiences another shadow of light is cast on the insightful words and thoughts of this extraordinary man. This particular essay seems timely for all of us, it resonates widsom, with a soulful attempt to heed warning and offer dutiful prospects.

Einstein - Theory of Relativity Videos

Overview of Special & General Relativity with Michio Kaku, with an added focus on the principles of space.

Brian Cox offers an insightful look into general relativity and presents the principles of gravity

Brian Cox begins to explain the concept of space and time...

When we think about Einstein's theory of relativity, as noted in Prof Cox's Why does E=mc2? is the experiment Apollo 15 conducted on the moon with a hammer and a feather, testing will the two objects fall and reach the ground at the same time.

Speaking of space..another video from Prof Cox on space-time events, stretching our minds further into the world of relativity...

An excerpt from Nova's Einstein Revealed offers another insightful look by recreating practical demonstrations to gain a deeper understanding of these principles.

While I found many more interesting videos, unfortunately I'm only able to post youtube videos. The below link brings another perspective to Einstein's theory.

http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/general-theory-of-relativity-einsteins-masterpiece-1

Tidbits and E=mc2

Thought I would share some interesting tidbits as I continue my quest to find worthy video clips on the theory of relativity.  After viewing video clips with Prof Cox & Jeff Forshaw, which included watching the series Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System; I decided to begin reading “Why does E=mc2?” by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw; in one word I am mesmerized. This book is written for anyone who has a compelling interest about how things work, and written with easy to understand terminology and uses references to everyday examples.  In reading the preface and the beginning chapter titled space and time, I have said wow probably 10 times and had a tear well up; although I reminded myself from a line in A League of their Own, there’s no crying in physics…or is there?
 
One of my wows, was this beautiful quote…would like to sketch this on a piece of scratch paper and place it in my pocket everyday as my little reminder for life.

                “Science is a discipline that celebrates uncertainty, and recognizing this is the key to its success.”   

 
Another interesting little biscuit of information for one to ponder the magnitude of it all:

“…the earth is moving at about 67,000 miles per hour relative to the sun. If you go to bed at night and sleep for eight hours, you’ll have traveled over half a million miles by the time you wake up. You could even claim that, in about 365 days, your bedroom would have returned to exactly the same point in space since the earth would have completed one full orbit around the sun.”

Einstein - What is the Theory of Relativity Part 3

The final post of Einstein's 1919 article - What is the Theory of Relativity?

Science, Einstein and my discovery

To complete the series on Einstein  I am focusing on his achievements in science. Venturing to introduce this element of Einstein presented some difficulty for me to create, you see I am not formally educated in physics, mathematics or the higher level sciences. So for me to create these scientifically concentrated post, began with researching and reading the laws and theories the essay/article is based on. Finding images and a medium to complement his writings raised some conceptual challenges, while my foundational basis to evaluate and understand these magnificent concepts deeply was lacking, my love and passion for science inspired me. As I continued to read and re-read these articles of Einstein again and again; I discovered that each time I gained another little bread crumb of understanding. This morning when I re-read the second part of the article he wrote titled “What is the Theory of Relativity?” I read and thought about how profound this question he posed was…

"If it is necessary for the purpose of describing nature, to make use of a coordinate system arbitrarily introduced by us, then the choice of its state of motion ought to be subject to no restriction; the laws ought to be entirely independent of this choice (general principle of relativity)."

Can we as an observer impose a rule on how something works only from our viewpoint instead of designing a system that allows for all probabilities, even ones unbeknownst to us? I would say, this is true in life. 

Although these more recent posts may be a bit heady…I hope you read and enjoy them, and continue to read them as I am, exploring them for their wealth of knowledge, insight into such a beautiful mind and their innovative advancements in science that are still used today.

While I have a insatiable desire to figure out how things work; thereby my pursuit for knowledge, my ability to strive and breakdown unfamiliar concepts and understand them from a process point of view has been made possible by a living scientist named Keith Raniere. His introspective science model, has been paramount in expanding how I see the world and discovering the inner workings of me. This technology has been instrumental in helping me develop a questioning mind and begin a journey of exploring what is the general nature of all things.