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Einstein K.C. Fox

Einstein By K.C. Fox

Einstein by K.C. Fox


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Einstein was the twentieth century's most celebrated scientist-a man who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionized physics, and became an iconic genius in the popular imagination. Written for students and ordinary readers interested in science, this unique book provides a vibrant overview of the man and his achievements.

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Einstein: A to Z by K.C. Fox

Einstein was the twentieth century's most celebrated scientist - a man who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionised physics and became an iconic genius in the popular imagination. Essays range from the reasonably scientific including the theory of relativity, to the odd and engaging, such as Einstein's brain, his favourite jokes and films. Einstein A to Z provides a vibrant overview of the man and his achievements.

Einstein Reviews

History is always messier than legend. That's why books like this are so helpful... (Guardian (Life), 19 August 2004)

About K.C. Fox

KAREN C. FOX has written for Science, New Scientist, Discovery Channel Online, ABCNEWS.com, and UPI. ARIES KECK is the health and science reporter for WHYY-FM, Philadelphia's public radio station.

Table of Contents

Timeline. Introduction. Absentmindedness. Anti-Semitism. Arms Race. Atomic Bomb. Awards. Beauty and Equations. Besso, Michele. Black Holes. Bohr, Niels Henrik David. Books about Einstein. Born, Max. Bose-Einstein Condensate. Brain. Brownian Motion. Career. Causality. Childhood. Children. Clothes. Communism. Correspondence. Cosmological Constant. Cosmology. Curie, Marie. Death. de Sitter, Willem. Dukas, Helen. E = mc2. Eddington, Sir Arthur. Education. Ehrenfest, Paul. Einstein, Elsa Lowenthal. Einstein, Mileva Maric. Einstein Field Equations. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument. Einstein Ring. Einstein Tower. Einsteinium. Electrodynamics. Ether. FBI. Freud, Sigmund. Friedmann, Alexander. Germany. God. Gravitation. Gravitational Waves. Grossmann, Marcel. Hair. Heisenberg,Werner Karl. Hidden Variables. Hilbert, David. Hitler, Adolf. Inventions. Israel. Japan. Jokes about Einstein. Judaism. Kaluza-Klein Theory. League of Nations. Lemaitre, Georges. Lenard, Philipp. Lorentz, Hendrik. Mach, Ernst. Mathematics. McCarthyism. Michelson-Morley Experiment. Millikan, Robert. Miracle Year. Monroe, Marilyn. Mysticism. Myths and Misconceptions. Nazism. Newton, Isaac. Nobel Prize in Physics. Olympia Academy. Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Pacifism. Parents. Patent Office. Pauli,Wolfgang Ernst. Photochemistry. Photoelectric Effect. Photons. Pipe. Planck, Max. Poincare, Henri. Popular Works. Positivism. Princeton. Quantum Mechanics. Reference Frames. Relativity, General Theory of. Relativity, Special Theory of. Religion. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Russell-Einstein Manifesto. Schroedinger, Erwin. Solvay Conferences. Space-Time. Spinoza, Baruch (Benedictus). Stark, Johannes. Switzerland. Thought Experiments. Time Travel. Twin Paradox. Uncertainty Principle. Unified Theory. United States. Violin. Wave-Particle Duality. Women, Einstein and. Wormholes. Zionism. Acknowledgments. Selected Bibliography. Index.

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CIN0471466743A
9780471466741
0471466743
Einstein: A to Z by K.C. Fox
Used - Well Read
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2004-07-27
320
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