E=mc2 A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
by Bodanis, David; Singh, SimonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-10-01
Publisher(s): Walker Books
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Summary
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling "biography" of his famous equation Generations have grown up knowing that the equation E=mc2 changed the shape of our world, but never understanding what it actually means, why it was so significant, and how it informs our daily lives today--governing, as it does, everything from the atomic bomb to a television's cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book, David Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history--that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linked--and, through his skill as a writer and teacher, he turns a seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic human achievement and an uncommonly good story.
Author Biography
David Bodanis is the author of Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity, and the bestselling The Secret House. A native of Chicago, he lives in London.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | vii | ||||
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| Preface | xi | ||||
| PART 1 Birth | |||||
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3 | (8) | |||
| PART 2 Ancestors of E=mc² | |||||
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11 | (12) | |||
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23 | (4) | |||
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27 | (10) | |||
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37 | (18) | |||
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55 | (18) | |||
| PART 3 The Early Years | |||||
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73 | (20) | |||
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93 | (7) | |||
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100 | ||||
| PART 4 Adulthood | |||||
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117 | (17) | |||
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134 | (9) | |||
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143 | (20) | |||
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163 | (10) | |||
| PART 5 Till the End of Time | |||||
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173 | (11) | |||
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184 | (11) | |||
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195 | (9) | |||
| Epilogue: What Else Einstein Did | 204 | (17) | |||
| Appendix: Follow-Up of Other Key Participants | 221 | (16) | |||
| Notes | 237 | (64) | |||
| Guide to Further Reading | 301 | (18) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 319 | (6) | |||
| Index | 325 |
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