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| Named Person: | Albert Einstein |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Bodanis |
| ISBN: | 0802713521 9780802713520 |
| OCLC Number: | 44162518 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1 - Birth -- Bern patent office, 1905 -- Part 2 - Ancestors of E=mc[squared] -- E is for energy -- = -- m is for mass -- c is for celeritas -- 2[hacek(caron)] -- Part 3 - The early years -- Einstein and the equation -- Into the atom -- Quiet in the midday snow -- Part 4 - Adulthood -- Germany's turn -- Norway -- America's turn -- 8:16 a.m. - over Japan -- Part 5 - Till the end of time -- The fires of the sun -- Creating the earth -- A Brahmin lifts his eyes unto the sky -- Epilogue : What else Einstein did -- Appendix : Follow-up of other key participants. |
| Other Titles: | Biography of the world's most famous equation |
| Responsibility: | David Bodanis. |
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Abstract:
Examines the science and scientists who provided the backdrop to Einstein's seminal 1905 discovery and offers a definitive explanation of the equation from a mathematical, historical, and scientific perspective.
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