Essential Einstein: Everything You Need to Know About the World's Most Acclaimed Genius
Author(s): Cynthia Phillips
"Essential Einstein" is a complete exploration of the life, times, and mind of the man behind the legend.From his scientific breakthroughs to his sexual escapades, all the questions are answered surrounding this eccentric genius, revealing the true nature of his character, his inventive intellect, and his private and public personas.This absorbing and entertaining look at one of the most famous and influential scientists of all time. It celebrates everything Einstein did for science and the human race.
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Cynthia Phillips is a scientist at the SETI Institute and also works at the Center for the Study of Life in the Universe in the USA.
Introduction; 1 Why Einstein?; 2 Early Life; 3 Scientific and Cultural Background of Einstein's Time; 4 Education and Later Life; 5 The Photoelectric Effect; 6 Special Relativity; 7 Energy and Mass; 8 Other Major Early Papers; 9 Einstein's Contemporaries; 10 Background on the General Theory of Relativity; 11 Einstein in Berlin; 12 Einstein and the General Theory of Relativity; 13 Quantum Theory and Einstein's Role; 14 Cosmology; 15 Later Years - Effects of the Nuclear Age; 16 Later Years - Family and Humanitarianism; 17 Unified Field Theory; 18 Einstein and Religion; 19 Applications of Einsteins Theories; 20 Einstein's Other Science; 21 Einstein's Legacy; Index.
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- : David & Charles
- : David & Charles
- : 26 October 2007
- : 235mm X 203mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Cynthia Phillips
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 530.092
- : 304
- : port.