Synopsis
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains Einstein's analogy of gravity that he told his son to explain his profession.
- Programme: Gravity and Me: The Force that Shapes our Lives
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Physics
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