{"677331":{"#nid":"677331","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Beyond 1905: Einstein\u0027s Light, Love, and Lies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for this fascinating public lecture as we journey into the heart of relativity. This talk will explain how, from 1906 to 1910, Einstein decided that an experiment on light in moving water was \u201ccrucial\u201d evidence for his relativity theory. At the same time, he secretly tried to win back his first girlfriend, despite being married.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite his great works of 1905, Einstein remained a government employee for years. And contrary to textbook stories, he wasn\u2019t led to relativity by Michelson\u2019s experiment, but by Fizeau\u2019s experiment of 1851. Still, in 1905 he had not yet explained Fizeau\u2019s experiment. But thanks to Max Laue, he realized that it was the \u201ccrucial test.\u201d Meanwhile, three relatives of Einstein\u2019s first girlfriend, Marie Winteler, were murdered, and he decided to go back to her. This is a talk on history of physics. Prof. Alberto Martinez will explain why the speed of light in moving water became essential to Einstein, and why, at the same time, he decided to go back to the love of his life, despite being married.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Alberto Martinez is a professor of history of science at UT Austin. He is the author of seven books, including Kinematics: The Lost Origins of Einstein\u2019s Relativity (Johns Hopkins, 2009), Science Secrets: The Truth about Darwin\u2019s Finches, Einstein\u2019s Wife, and Other Myths (University of Pittsburgh, 2011), and Burned Alive: Giordano Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition (Reaktion\/ University of Chicago, 2018). He is now finishing a historical novel about Einstein, designed to be more accurate than any biography. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/history\/faculty\/aam829\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/history\/faculty\/aam829\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for this fascinating public lecture as we journey into the heart of relativity.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join us for this fascinating public lecture as we journey into the heart of relativity."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2024-10-04 23:31:49","changed_gmt":"2024-10-04 23:34:04","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-10-18T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-10-18T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-10-18T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-10-18 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-10-18 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-10-18 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Howey Physics building Lecture Hall 4","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEdwin Greco\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ed.greco@gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:ed.greco@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eed.greco@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}