I'm still working my way through Einstein's Universe. A couple of months ago I brought the book to work to read during lunch. One day, a co-worker of mine saw it and asked about it. It turns out that Scott has a lot of knowledge about relativity, quantum physics, etc. When I picked the book up again, I mentioned to him various things I learned, such as light being affected by gravity, and he picked up the topic and carried the discussion further.
Each day we have a little chat about the universe, you might say. For my part, I'm gradually coming to view things in a more Einsteinian way, with curved space at the forefront. I see how radical his theories are, even now.
And to have such discussions at work (and I don't work in a physics major - dominant environment) is a pleasure. I might learn something. This is also something of a consolation, as I didn't take physics in high school. Back then, all the physics students would study together, and I felt like I missed out on something. Maybe I can experience something like they did then, now.
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