Einstein 1905 The Standard of Greatness

Name: Einstein 1905 The Standard of Greatness
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ISBN: 9780674021044

ISBN-10: 0674021045

ISBN-13: 9780674021044

Edition: 2005

Authors: John S. Rigden

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For Albert Einstein, 1905 was a remarkable year. It was also a miraculous year for the history and future of science. In six short months, from March through September of that year, Einstein published five papers that would transform our understanding of nature. This unparalleled period is the subject of John Rigden's book, which deftly explains what distinguishes 1905 from all other years in the annals of science, and elevates Einstein above all other scientists of the twentieth century. Rigden chronicles the momentous theories that Einstein put forth beginning in March 1905: his particle theory of light, rejected for decades but now a staple of physics; his overlooked dissertation on…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550

John Rigden is Adjunct Professor of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis.



Preface


Prologue: The Standard of Greatness: Why Einstein?


March: The Revolutionary Quantum Paper


April: Molecular Dimensions


May: "Seeing" Atoms


June: The Merger of Space and Time


September: The Most Famous Equation


Epilogue: Beyond 1905


Notes


Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Index