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What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity

What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity

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Documentary

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That might seem a bizarre statement, coming a century after Einstein showed that gravity is the result of matter warping space and time around it.

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Released

Original Language

English

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Rating

5/10

Release Date

29 January 2008

Country

Cast

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Narrator

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Himself

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