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Month: August 2015

Why “Gedanken?”

Posted on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 by Brendan Mullan

Hey brain wrinklers, I get asked a lot about why our flagship program is called “Gedanken.” Here’s why: It’s short for Gedanken Experiment. In the early 20th century, Albert Einstein used gedanken experiments to uncover the physics of space and time and lay the foundations for Special and General Relativity. His work revolutionized physics in the early 20th Read more about Why “Gedanken?”[…]

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