Albert Einstein was the most famous and influential thinker of his time. His theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, and statistical physics gave birth to a new era in scientific thought and changed the ay people see the universe and their place in it. The Everything Einstein Book walks you through his rise from a lowly patent clerk to a groundbreaking scientist and explains the theories that brought him fame and world renown. Covering everything from photoelectric effect to the unified field theory, this book answers all your questions about the genius, his work, and the age that influenced him.
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The Everything Einstein Book
From Matter and Energy to Space and Time, All You Need to Understand the Man and His Theories
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- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Everything Einstein Book
From Matter and Energy to Space and Time, All You Need to Understand the Man and His Theories
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Top Ten Impacts of Einsteinâs Life and Work
- Introduction
- 1 Why Einstein?
- 2 Early Life
- 3 Scientific and Cultural Background of Einsteinâs Time
- 4 Education and Later Life
- 5 The Photoelectric Effect
- 6 Special Relativity
- 7 Energy and Mass
- 8 Other Major Early Papers
- 9 Einsteinâs Contemporaries
- 10 Background on the General Theory of Relativity
- 11 Einstein in Berlin
- 12 Einstein and the General Theory of Relativity
- 13 Quantum Theory and Einsteinâs Role
- 14 Cosmology
- 15 Later YearsâEffects of the Nuclear Age
- 16 Later YearsâFamily and Humanitarianism
- 17 Unified Field Theory
- 18 Einstein and Religion
- 19 Applications of Einsteinâs Theories
- 20 Einsteinâs Other Science
- 21 Einsteinâs Legacy
- Appendix A ⢠Glossary
- Appendix B ⢠Timeline of Einsteinâs Life
- Copyright
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