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Einstein for Beginners

Paperback • 2003 • English

Einstein for Beginners

By Joseph Schwartz, Michael McGuinness

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About the book

Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought. Reaching back as far as Babylon (for the origins of mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought they could handle lightning), this book takes us through the revolutions in electrical communications and technology that made the theory of relativity possible. In the process, we meet scientific luminaries and personalities of imperial Germany, as well as Gali...Show more

Mathematics
Science: general issues
Astronomy, space and time

Book details

ISBN

9780375714597

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Einstein for Beginners

Format

Paperback

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