Einstein explains Space-time fabric and Bending of Light| Genius

It's an honor to meet you, Professor Harmer. Erwin and I are hoping to recruit you as an ally in our mission. Mission? You make it sound as though you're going to war. Aren't I? You know the vitriol that's been aimed at me. That tends to happen when you make radical claims such as gravity, bends, light. You've ruffled quite a few feathers. And we intend to unruffle them by offering up something that the critics can't argue against. Proof? In the form of astronomical photographs. Consider Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. Unlike the other seven planets, Mercury's orbit doesn't conform to Newtonian laws. It's off. Le Verrier proposed that Mercury's path is affected by the pull of a yet undiscovered planet. A planet he named Vulcan. There is no Vulcan. Then how do you explain the anomalous orbit? Picture, if you will, the vastness of space. And through it, a framework of invisible lines. Like wire mesh supporting a pillar of concrete. Yet unlike rigid wire, this gridwork is curved. Like fabric around any object of mass. Which causes Mercury's orbit to change each cycle. Extraordinary. I believe that this same effect occurs when starlight passes by the sun. But the only way to confirm this theory is during a solar eclipse. Why an eclipse? Can you see the smaller stars? No. But if we block out the light from the sun, you can see them more clearly. During an eclipse, Irwin can photograph the position of the stars in the daytime sky. And we can compare them to their position in the night sky. Thus proving the sun's gravity bends starlight. Clever indeed. Fortunately for us, just such an eclipse occurs in a few months' time. And the ideal position to photograph the fullest point of that eclipse is in Crimea. Russia? Such an expedition would cost... Six thousand marks, give or take. An extravagant sum. Which surely the illustrious Prussian Academy can afford. And you expect me to convince them? Well, make the proposal, but a few good words from you in advance could help settle the matter. Albert, your idea, it's astounding. But I fear the wheels of the Academy don't turn as fast as your nimble mind. These things take time. We don't have time. There won't be another eclipse for years. Well, then, I suppose you'd better come to Berlin as soon as possible. Of course. I just have to settle a few family matters first.