SA Extra: Fraknoi on Einstein

By Slacker on October 11, 2005 at 11:15 pm | In Blog Posts | No Comments

This year marks 100 years after Albert Einstein’s revolutionary triumvirate of science changing papers. To mark the occasion, scientists from around the world are joining together to celebrate the Year of Physics, and some are giving great lectures on Einstein’s work. Dr. Andy Fraknoi is one of the great lecturers, and we are grateful that he was willing to spend some time talking to us about Einstein.

If you want to hear Dr. Fraknoi face to face he will be giving a talk with Dr. Alan Friedman at the New York City Library on Oct 22. Click here to find out more about the talk and to learn how to register to attend.

by Werner Horvath, Insignificance (1985)

Show Notes:

• Einstein on Wikipedia
• Einstein Papers Online
• Special Relativity
• General Relativity
• The year of physics!
• Einstein Action Figure
• You might be a crackpot if…
• What is a scientific theory
• E=mc^2 Nova Program
• Friedman Book: Einstein Myth and Muse
• Dr. Atomic, Opera
• Einstein Opera by Philip Glass
• Einstein’s Brain
• Andy recommends sci fi by: Gregory Benford, Larry Niven

Dr. Andy Fraknoi is the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College in California, where he has worked since 1992. He also serves as an educational consultant for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP). Prior to going to Foothill College, Dr. Fraknoi was Executive Director of the ASP. He has written many books and popular science articles, including The Planets and The Universe, two collections of astronomy and science fiction published by Bantam Books. He is also lead author of the popular college text Voyages through the Universe, and he is a past editor of Mercury magazine.