The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody.

This is Idea #16, "Gravity." By which we mean Einstein's theory of General Relativity, according to which gravity is the curvature of spacetime. Since we've already learned about spacetime and about curvature (geometry), this one is a breeze.

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