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Arthur Eddington:
Pick up the tablecloth. [Winnie and Frank hold up The tablecloth] Arthur Eddington:
Space. The tablecloth is space... [Holds up a round loaf of bread] Arthur Eddington:
The sun. [Drops it in the middle of the stretched tablecloth] Arthur Eddington:
What's happening? Winnie Eddington:
What? Arthur Eddington:
What's happening with the sun in space? Winnie Eddington:
Well, the bread is sinking into The tablecloth. Frank Dyson:
The sun makes a shape around it in space. Arthur Eddington:
Yes. Now, what happens if I do this? [Tosses an apple into The tablecloth; apple makes an oval around the bread] Arthur Eddington:
It *wants* to travel in a straight line, but it can't. Why not? Winnie Eddington:
Because the bread is making a shape. Frank Dyson:
The apple follows the curves made in space. Arthur Eddington:
Yes. Yes, space is shaped. And *that* is how gravity works. Space tells Objects how to move. Objects tell space what shape to be. And there's a way to prove it
Pick up the tablecloth. [Winnie and Frank hold up The tablecloth] Arthur Eddington:
Space. The tablecloth is space... [Holds up a round loaf of bread] Arthur Eddington:
The sun. [Drops it in the middle of the stretched tablecloth] Arthur Eddington:
What's happening? Winnie Eddington:
What? Arthur Eddington:
What's happening with the sun in space? Winnie Eddington:
Well, the bread is sinking into The tablecloth. Frank Dyson:
The sun makes a shape around it in space. Arthur Eddington:
Yes. Now, what happens if I do this? [Tosses an apple into The tablecloth; apple makes an oval around the bread] Arthur Eddington:
It *wants* to travel in a straight line, but it can't. Why not? Winnie Eddington:
Because the bread is making a shape. Frank Dyson:
The apple follows the curves made in space. Arthur Eddington:
Yes. Yes, space is shaped. And *that* is how gravity works. Space tells Objects how to move. Objects tell space what shape to be. And there's a way to prove it
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Pick up the tablecloth
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Space The tablecloth is space
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The sun
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What's happening
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Winnie What What's happening with the sun and space
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Well the bread is sinking into the table cloth
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The sun makes a shape around it in space
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Yes
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Now what happens if I do this
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It wants to travel in a straight line but it can't Why not
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Because the bread's making a shape
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The apple follows the curves made in space
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Yes Yes Space is shaped
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And that is how gravity works
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Space tells objects how to move objects tell space what shape to be
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And there's a way to prove it
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Movie Summary
Drama about the development of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to experimentally prove his ideas.
