E=mc2
A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
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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 actuallContinue
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bookpage published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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More pap than pop
In 1905 Einstein published four papers that fundamentally changed the course of science and the way we understand the universe. He was 26 at the time, stuck in a dreary job at a Swiss patent office. One of those papers contained the equation E=mc2 (i ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Hardcover 352 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0802714633
- ISBN-13: 9780802714633
- Publisher: Walker & Company
- Pub date: Oct 01, 2005
- Dimensions: 1419 mm x 839 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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| 9780802714633 | Hardcover | $25.00 | $21.37 | bn.com |
| $25.00 | $18.95 | The Book Depository | ||
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E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation By David Bodanis
he subtitle of E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation is an immediate clue that this book is not physics as you studied it in high school or college. David Bodanis, a lecturer at Oxford University, takes what could have been a dull re ... (read full critics)