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AN EQUATION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
NEWTON, EINSTEIN AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY |
| By: |
Harald Fritzsch, Karin Heusch (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.00 |
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£20.70 |
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£2.30 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226265587 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226265582 |
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| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
4 December, 1997 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
Offers the opportunity to take part in an imaginary meeting between Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and a modern physicist, discussing the theory of relativity. This text describes the source of the theory, its workings, and the way it has revolutionized the modern view of the physical world. |
| Synopsis: |
Fritzsch offers readers the opportunity to listen in on a meeting of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a present-day physicist. While he introduces the theory of relativity, Fritzsch teaches its sources, its workings, and the ways it has revolutionized our view of the physical world. "An Equation That Changed the World" dramatizes the importance of relativity, for the human race, and the survival of our planet."Fritzsch could not give the modern reader a more memorable introduction to the personalities and science of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein unless somehow he could find the keys to H. G. Wells' time machine. . . . Many readers will applaud Fritzsch for this lively but profoundly insightful book". -- "Booklist", starred review"[Fritzsch] has dreamed up a dialogue between the two great physicists, helped along by a fictional modern physicist. . . . The conversation builds up to an explanation of E=mc2, and on the way illuminates the important points where Newtonian and Einsteinian theory diverge". --David Lindley, "New York Times Book Review" |
| Illustrations: |
41 line drawings, 1 table |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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