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Posted by Dave
Rap News Network
6/4/2005 1:39:40 PM
A London rapper has turned a quote from Einstein into a love song.
Rap DJ Vader's record has been adopted by scientists from the Institute of Physics (IoP). They stumbled across it by chance while surfing the internet for Einstein-related news.
The 22-year-old DJ comes from Tower Hamlets in London - home of Mercury prize-winning DJ Dizzee Rascal.
The IoP is using his record to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of e=mc2 next year. They hope the trendy incarnation of the iconic equation will help make physics more interesting to young people.
Caitlin Watson, of the IoP, said: "We came across DJ Vader's track and thought it was brilliant - really fresh and different. We are making a computer game for Einstein Year and this track will feature on it."
Vader was inspired to 'mix' the tune after spotting a quote from Einstein on a greeting card in a record shop last month. It reads: "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity."
Vader, who teaches teenagers with behavioural problems in Bow, East London, was delighted. "I didn't really pick up on this at school. But stuff like light speed and time travelling are pretty cool," he said.
"If my music helps get kids interested in learning then that makes me happy. I was naughty when I was at school - I was suspended 15 times and expelled once - but that is a bad waste of education," he added.
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