BAD PHYSICS: Five Common Misconceptions in the Most Basic Science

From Aristotle to Einstein, great minds have failed to grasp basic ideas in physics. Aristotle thought that all objects naturally prefer to be at rest; Einstein believed that, "God does not play dice." Both these geniuses were mistaken, and, today, plenty of everyday geniuses continue to misunderstand key ideas in the most basic of the sciences.

 

Please join celebrated* physics teacher Tucker Hiatt in exploring five of the juiciest misconceptions that plague our "common-sense" understanding of the way the universe works:

• The Earth moves through space.

• Nature loves all energies equally.

• Radiation is dangerous.

• Mass can be converted into energy according to E=mc^2.

• God does not play dice

Speaker: Tucker Hiatt

Tuesday, 01/13/15

07:00 PM

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