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Why Does E=mc2?: And Why Should We Care?

By Brian Cox , Can Can

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780786752164
Open Library ID
OL24250938M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
526 kB (538230 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-03-07 16:50:00

Description

Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation, E=mc2. Breaking down the symbols themselves, they pose a series of questions: What is energy? What is mass? What has the speed of light got to do with energy and mass? In answering these questions, they take us to the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted. Lying beneath the city of Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss boarder, is a 27 km particle accelerat.

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