Einstein for Beginners

Name: Einstein for Beginners
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ISBN: 9780375714597

ISBN-10: 0375714596

ISBN-13: 9780375714597

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joseph Schwartz, Michael McGuinness

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Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought. Reaching back as far as Babylon (for the origins of mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought they could handle lightning), this book takes us through the revolutions in electrical communications and technology that made the theory of relativity possible. In the process, we meet scientific luminaries and personalities of imperial Germany, as well as Galileo, Faraday, and Newton; learn why moving clocks run slower than stationary ones, why nothing can go faster than the speed of light; and follow Albert's thought as he works his way toward E = mc2,…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.44" wide x 8.20" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English