Einstein Explains It All

Performed by Larry Bounds

Sponsored by Athens Chautauqua Society, in partnership with Lyndon House Arts Center, with grant support from the Athens Downtown Development Authority and the generosity of Contributing Sponsors

Please arrive early. Admission is ‘first come, first served.’ Once we reach seating capacity of 100 attendees at Lyndon House gallery the doors will be closed and no one else admitted.

Event Summary

 Step back into time to the early 1950s, and spend an evening with Dr. Albert Einstein. As Einstein did so many times, he will share with wit and humor his ideas that resulted in his international acclaim, and he will present them in a way that everyone can understand.

Einstein's story is one of a supremely gifted child facing and overcoming the hurdles placed in his path by society and the education system.

In 1905 the very existence of atoms was debated by the world's top scientists. But in 1905, Einstein's “Miracle Year,” this unknown clerk in a Swiss patent office published 5 original scientific papers that changed the course of modern science.

• He proved the existence and size of atoms.

• He solved the 78-year-old mystery of Brownian Motion.

• He theorized how to convert light into electricity which would win him the Nobel Prize.

• He produced his famous equation E=mc2 which redefined the nature of the material universe.

• He created the Theory of Special Relativity which explained the consistent inconsistency of time.

• And after 10 more years of thought experiments, Einstein redefined our understanding of space and time and gravity with his General Theory of Relativity.

     All these ideas rocketed Einstein to international fame. In his presentation he will share the workings of his mind, the influence of two world wars on his personal philosophy, and the dangers and promises of pure and applied science.

FREE EVENT

About Larry Bounds

Larry has presented Einstein for Chautauqua audiences since 2011 in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida. He has also presented other Chautauqua programs since 2002 including Churchill, Disney, Cronkite, and Houdini for audiences across the country from Florida to Colorado.

Larry has a bachelor's degree in theatre from The University of Tennessee where he trained with the college's Professional Company and his master's degree in English education. In 1988 he assisted in establishing the first Apple Computer, high school, language arts lab for which he trained the faculty in creating educational programming. He is National Board Certified and has 35 years of classroom teaching experience including many years as an Advanced Placement instructor. He has been honored as his school's Teacher of the Year and in 2019 was named as one of Upstate South Carolina's Most Influential Educators.

In addition to teaching and Chautauqua performing, Larry is an experienced, professional magician. He performed 8 years for Ripley's Believe It or Not! and has presented thousands of magic shows for public, private, and corporate events. Larry is also a member of Mensa, the high IQ society, and serves on the Executive Committee of his regional Mensa chapter.

Einstein Annotated Bibliography