Displaying 1 of 1 2000 Format: Book Author: Bodanis, David. Title: E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation / David Bodanis. Publisher, Date: New York : Walker, ©2000. Description: ix, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary: Examines the science and scientists who provided the backdrop to Einstein's seminal 1905 discovery and offers a definitive explanation of the equation from a mathematical, historical, and scientific perspective. Subjects: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Force and energy. Mass (Physics) Mathematical physics. Other Title: Biography of the world's most famous equation Notes: Includes index. Bibliographical notes and references: pages 237-318. Contents: 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. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 00040857 ISBN: 9780802713520 9780965006934 096500693X 0802714633 9780802714633 0333780337 9780333780336 9780425181645 0802713521 Other Number: 44162518 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 86184 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 530.11 Bodanis Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
