Matthew Stanley & Einstein’s War (#023)

How history can shape science, and how science can change the tide
of history? NYU Professor Matthew Stanley is our guest, here to
discuss about his latest book: Einstein's War: How Relativity
Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I . Brian
Keating, associate director of the Clarke Center and professor of
physics at UC San Diego, talked to Professor Stanley about his
interest in the history of science and the relationship between
science and society. We learn about Einstein's first failed attempt
at proving his theories with a disastrous expedition at the
outbreak of WW I in 1914, and Arthur Eddington's 1919 solar eclipse
experiment that made Einstein famous around the world. Learn more
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