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30-Second Einstein: The 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute
Einstein was not only an unparalleled scientific genius, but also a human rights campaigner, a political activist, and the iconic archetype of the mad professor. Is it any wonder that he continues to fascinate scientists and non-scientists alike? 30-Second Einstein will show you why at approximately...
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UK
Ivy Press
2016
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Mục lục:
- Introduction
- Matter (A convenient fiction ; Determining molecular dimensions ; Adventures in statistical mechanics ; Brownian motion explained ; Profile: Styendra Bose ; Perrin's particles ; Bose-Einstein stattistics ; Bose-Einstein condensates) Quantum adventures (Einstein's changing physics ; Photoelectric quanta ; Millikan delivers ; Quantized vibrations ; Profile: Max Planck ; Towards wave-paerticle duality ; Stimulated emission) Special theory of relativity (From patents to relativity ; Dreaming about light ; On the electrodynamics of moving bodies ; Farewell to the ether ; Profile: Hermann Minkowski ; Simultaneity ; Length, time and mass ; Spacetime) Eintein & the world (On the energy & inertia of bodies ; E=MC² ; The chain ; Profile: Leo Szilárd ; Making Einstein's equation a reality ; The Roosevelt letter ; A voice for peace ; Einstein's patent) Fighting the quantum (Letters to Born ; Einstein's slit ; Weighing the photon ; Hidden variables ; Profile: Niels Bohr ; EPR ; Entanglement triumphs ; Realism & reality) General theory of relativity (Breaking internal frames ; The happiest thought ; Heavy clocks ; A curve in space & time ; Profile: Arthur Eddington ; Needing a new mathematics ; The Hilbert challenge ; The equations ; Eddington's experience) Einstein's Universe (Black holes ; Gravitational lenses ; Gravitational waves ; The cosmological constant ; Expanding Universes ; Wormholes ; Frame drafting & time travel ; Profile: John Wheeler ; Unified field theories)