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E=MC2: a biography of the world's most famous equation

Door David Bodanis

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#338596-XF6
Titel
E=MC2: a biography of the world's most famous equation
Auteur
Bodanis, David
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Walker & Company
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
0802714633
ISBN13
9780802714633
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w (including photographs), 8vo.
Samenvatting
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 achievem
... (Lees verder)ent and an uncommonly good story.
Pagina's
337
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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