"What Einstein Got Wrong" Prof. Dan Hooper (DVD) (12Lectures / 30 Minutes Per Lecture /  2x DVD - The Great Courses)
The human fallibility of history’s most celebrated genius takes center stage in this intellectual audit of scientific missteps. These lectures move beyond the familiar triumphs of relativity to dissect the "blind alleys" and outright blunders - from the rejection of black holes and gravitational waves to a skepticism of quantum uncertainty - that shaped the later years of a revolutionary career. By evaluating these false starts through the lens of modern evidence, the course investigates how even the most brilliant minds can be constrained by their own philosophical prejudices and the scientific paradigms of their era.
 
A sophisticated analysis of the "give-and-take" nature of progress replaces the myth of the infallible innovator to reveal how mistakes are essential to the evolution of physics. Drawing on expertise from Fermilab and the University of Chicago, this material explores why the "biggest blunder" -the cosmological constant - has ironically become a cornerstone of our current understanding of dark energy. This is not merely a catalogue of errors; it is an analytical look at the scientific method itself, using the miscalculations of a giant to calibrate an understanding of the self-correcting nature that defines the search for universal truth.