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E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation

Author: David Bodanis
Publisher: New York : Walker, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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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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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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