Einstein’s theory of relativity gave us a new world view which relativizes absolute time. The tour starts in the Clock Tower (Zytglogge), where Kaspar Brunner's clock mechanism has been ticking and telling the people of Bern the time for more than 600 years.
The tour finishes at Einstein’s house, where you can learn more about Albert Einstein’s life, thinking and his most famous formula: E= mc².
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Topical tour: Einstein and Time (with a scientific focus)
Learn interesting information about conventional chronometry and Einstein’s findings regarding time.
In the context of his theory of relativity, Einstein showed that, contrary to earlier beliefs, time should not be seen as absolute and that simultaneity is relative.
The tour begins at the Zytglogge (Clock Tower), where Kaspar Brunner's clock mechanism has been ticking and telling the time for over 600 years.
You will then head to Einstein’s house on Kramgasse, where you will learn more about his life and work in Switzerland and especially the work that he did in Bern in the annus mirabilis 1905 and its impact.
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Topical tour: Einstein and Time (general tour about Einstein's life and work in Switzerland)
The tour begins at the Zytglogge (Clock Tower), where Kaspar Brunner's clock mechanism has been ticking and telling the time for over 600 years.
Then you will go to Einstein's former home, where you will learn why and how Einstein spent a part of his earlier life in Bern and how, in the years 1902 to 1909, in addition to having a family and working at the patent office, he became one of the leading scientists of his time.
