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Secrets of the Old One: Einstein 1905

By Bernstein J.

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
0-387-25900-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1396571 bytes)
Pages
202\202
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Physics professor Bernstein, known for his books on science for the lay audience, here explains the relevant physics history up to 1905, before leading readers through the papers Einstein published in that "miracle year" and discussing their reception. Interweaving anecdotal and technical narrative, he covers the theory of relativity, Brownian movement and its role in convincing skeptics of the physical existence of atoms, and the quantum. In his introduction Bernstein recounts his first encounter with Einstein's ideas via a course in 1947 at Harvard from esteemed professor Philipp Frank, who explained many topics in a manner that required no more than high school math, which is, in turn, the author's goal for this book. Some line drawings support the text. Copernicus Books is an imprint of Springer"

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