| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
251 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Great discoveries |
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Great discoveries.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251). |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- Preface: New look at the legacy of Albert Einstein -- Part I: First picture: Racing a light beam -- Physics before Einstein -- Early years -- Special relativity and "The Miracle Year" -- Part II: Second picture: Warped space-time -- General relativity and "The Happiest Thought in My Life" -- New copernicus -- Big bang and black holes -- Part III: Unfinished picture: Unified field theory -- Unification and the quantum challenge -- War, peace, and -- Einstein's prophetic legacy. |
| Subject |
Space and time.
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Relativity (Physics)
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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| ISBN |
039305165X hardcover |
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