E=MC2: A Biography of the world's most famos equation

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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Autore principale: David Bodanis
Natura: Printed Book
Pubblicazione: New York Berkley Publishing Group 2000
Soggetti:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955. Force and energy. Mass (Physics)
Sommario:
  • 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.

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