The man who bent time itself was just as messy as his hair.
This captivating documentary from the History Channel recounts the development of iconic physicist Albert Einstein's provocative theory of general relativity. Some 200 years after the introduction of Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation, Einstein rocked the science community with his theory, which suggests that gravity is a warping of space-time caused by the presence of matter.
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Einstein developed general relativity largely in isolation while working as a patent clerk—academia initially rejected his radical ideas.
The 1919 eclipse confirmation made Einstein a global celebrity overnight, transforming physicists into pop culture figures—something this documentary captures at its peak History Channel energy.
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