Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?
Show: PBS Space Time --> Season: 2020 - Season 2020
AirDate: 5/27/2020
Runtime: 17
Voting: 0 (0)

Overview: It’s been 120 years since Henry Cavendish measured the gravitational constant with a pair of lead balls suspended by a wire. The fundamental nature of gravity still eludes our best minds - but those secrets may be revealed by turning back to the Cavendish experiment. That steampunk contraption may even reveal the existence of extra dimensions of space.