E=mc2 : a biography of the world's most famous equation /
Biography of the world's most famous equation
David Bodanis ; [foreword, Simon Singh].
- [New ed.]
- New York : Walker, c2005.
- xiii, 337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Part 1 - Birth -- Bern patent office, 1905 -- Part 2 - Ancestors of E=mc[squared] -- E is for energy -- = -- m is for mass -- c is for celeritas -- 2[hacek(caron)] -- Part 3 - The early years -- Einstein and the equation -- Into the atom -- Quiet in the midday snow -- Part 4 - Adulthood -- Germany's turn -- Norway -- America's turn -- 8:16 a.m. - over Japan -- Part 5 - Till the end of time -- The fires of the sun -- Creating the earth -- A Brahmin lifts his eyes unto the sky -- Epilogue : What else Einstein did -- Appendix : Follow-up of other key participants. Simon Singh --
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Force and energy. Mass (Physics) Mathematical physics.