Episode 1: "The Dark Prediction" Felix Mercer explores how Einstein's equations accidentally predicted the universe's strangest objects. In 1916, while fighting on WWI's Russian front, Karl Schwarzschild solved Einstein's field equations and discovered something unsettling—regions where gravity becomes so extreme that nothing, not even light, can escape. Felix reveals why even Einstein initially rejected these "dark stars," the early scientific skepticism surrounding "frozen stars," and how theoretical physicists gradually accepted the concept of event horizons. Through engaging storytelling, this episode unveils the mathematical foundation that would later revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, transforming abstract equations into predictions of cosmic monsters lurking in spacetime's depths.
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