Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905 Hardcover - 2005
by Jeremy Bernstein
While to a professional physicist the mathematics in Einstein's papers is quite straight forward, the ideas behind the mathematics are not. This book's goal is to make these ideas accessible to a general reader with no more mathematics than one learns in high school.
From the rear cover
In March 1905, at approximately eight week intervals, the Editor of the noted German physics journal, Annalen der Physik, received three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively unknown patent examiner in Bern, Switzerland. This patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three papers would set the agenda for twentieth century physics. A fourth short paper was received in September 1905 and contained Einstein's derivation of the formula E=mc^2. These papers changed our lives in the twentieth century and beyond. While to a professional physicist the mathematics in these papers are quite straight forward, the ideas behind them are not. In fact, none of Einstein's contemporaries fully understood what he had done.
In SECRETS OF THE OLD ONE: Einstein, 1905, renowned science writer Jeremy Bernstein makes these ideas accessible to a general reader with a limited background in mathematics. After reading this book, you will understand why 1905 is often designated as Einstein's miracle year.
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- Title Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905
- Author Jeremy Bernstein
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition U. S. EDITION
- Pages 200
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Copernicus Books, New York
- Date 2005-10-27
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780387260051 / 0387260056
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.44 x 0.81 in (23.93 x 16.36 x 2.06 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Einstein, Albert, General relativity (Physics) - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 519.3
Media reviews
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 11/01/2005, Page 112
- Publishers Weekly, 09/26/2005, Page 0
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