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Einstein : a life in science / Michael White and John Gribbin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : Free, 2005.Description: 288 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0743263898
  • 9780743263894
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 530.092 22
LOC classification:
  • QC16.E5W586
Summary: About this edition ISBN: 9780743263894, 0743263898 Page count: 279 Published: 2005 Format: Paperback Publisher: Free Press Language: English Author: Michael White, John R. Gribbin As much as we all know that 'E = mc2' was Einstein's most important and groundbreaking equation, do we really know what it means or why Einstein is regarded as one of history's foremost thinkers? In this absorbing biography Michael White and John Gribbin reveal the man behind the physics and introduce us to his theories in an accessible and fascinating way. With an updated preface for this new edition on the fiftieth anniversary of his death and the hundredth anniversary of the theory of relativity, EINSTEIN explains how the scientific icon changed our view of the world and why no one can ever hope to understand that world without first understanding his work. Source: Publisher
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 530.092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not For Loan A00390646

Originally published: London: Pocket, 1997.

About this edition
ISBN: 9780743263894, 0743263898
Page count: 279
Published: 2005
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Author: Michael White, John R. Gribbin

As much as we all know that 'E = mc2' was Einstein's most important and groundbreaking equation, do we really know what it means or why Einstein is regarded as one of history's foremost thinkers? In this absorbing biography Michael White and John Gribbin reveal the man behind the physics and introduce us to his theories in an accessible and fascinating way. With an updated preface for this new edition on the fiftieth anniversary of his death and the hundredth anniversary of the theory of relativity, EINSTEIN explains how the scientific icon changed our view of the world and why no one can ever hope to understand that world without first understanding his work.
Source: Publisher

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