Why Einstein Couldn't Accept Uncertainty

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 31, 2016

Journalist and author David Bodanis discusses his new book, Einstein’s Greatest Mistake, which looks at how Einstein's personality flaws - his stubborn nature and refusal to accept quantum mechanics - led him to drift away from from modern physics and his contemporaries during the final decades of his life.

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