He also wrote the graduate textbook Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity. Sean has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics, and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. He is the author of The Particle at the End of the Universe and From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time. Sean Carrollis a Caltech research professor specializing in theoretical physics and cosmology. Jeff has also written What is Relativity for the general public, and The Cosmic Perspective, an introductory astronomy textbook series. Jeff's 'Relativity Tour' is crisscrossing the nation in a year-long celebration of general relativity's 100th anniversary. Jeffrey Bennett, astronomer, teacher and science author, is the creator of the award-winning series of Max Science Adventure books for children, and is the founder of Big Kid Science.

NEXT host Mat Kaplan will explore relativity's role in our universe with leading scientists and teachers who have made Einstein’s discovery a focus of their work, including: Book: Relativity: The Special and General Theory Author: Albert Einstein, 18791955 First published: 1920 The original book is in the public domain in the United States. The importance of relativity is easy for adults to understand, but should it be part of every child's education? And how are new theories building on this pioneering work to bring us ever closer to a grand unified theory-the theory of everything? They redefined human understanding of space, time, and gravity and changed our daily lives, including modern electronics, nuclear power, and your GPS navigation. And to further illustrate the importance of these theories, the Einstein Centenary is being celebrated at the International Year of Light 2015. In this edition of NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow we will consider how Albert Einstein's equations did much more than change our view of the cosmos. It's nearly as famous as the physicist who rocked the world when he revealed it, first with the special theory in 1905, and then with his General Theory of Relativity published November 25, 1915. But be sure to come back here at 7pm on July 22nd for the livestream!**

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