Einstein's Blunder
Story★★★★Albert Einstein had the theory of general relativity. His principle led to 1 logical conclusion that the universe had to be in a state of constant expansion. He created the cosmological constant to offset an expanding universe, but later said about 10 years after he did that it was ‘the greatest scientific blunder of his life.’ When Edwin Hubble observed evidence of an expanding universe and Albert Einstein saw this through the Hubble telescope, Einstein admitted, ‘I was wrong; now I’m right.’
Baca, Anthony, “05 Truth or Fairy Tale” (AudioVerse teaching 44543).
The point
Albert Einstein initially introduced the cosmological constant to counteract his theory of an expanding universe, only to later admit it was a mistake when evidence proved otherwise.
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Sobering
To tell aloud
about 2 min · 82 words