Video: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&A 16 - Gravity

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody.

This is the Q&A video for Idea #16, "Gravity." We cover some of the inspiration for general relativity (the Principles of Equivalence and Mach), and do quite a bit more on black holes, including the information-loss puzzle.

My web page: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/

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Blog posts for the series: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/category/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe/

Background image: Astronaut Bruce McCandless floating in space, NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/mccandless

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