Monday, January 12, 2009
The Universe In A Nutshell 54321-2
5Comments
  • Einstein summed up mass and energy in his formula E = mc squared
  • Einstein later/ eventually married to his cousin (ew).
  • He believes that spending the years of wars by hisself allowed him to be productive scientifically
  • Newton's law of gravity: if one changed the distribution of matter in one region, the change would be felt everywhere else in the universe.
  • The farther other galaxies are from us, the faster they're moving away.
4Questions
  • What made Einstein realize that there was a relationship between acceleration and gravitational field?
  • Who is Euclid?
  • Is it possible for the universe to expand or contract?
  • Why did Einstein call the cosmological constant the greatest mistake of his life?
3Vocabulary
  • Postulate: to assume or claim as true
  • Scruple:A unit of apothecary weight
  • Primeval: belonging to the first ages
2Literary Devices
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1Summarizing Sentence
  • This section of the book is about the conclusions Einstein was drawing about the galaxy in his time