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E=mc2 (Paperback, New Edition)
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E=mc2 (Paperback, New Edition)
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Loot Price R256
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You Save R58 (18%)
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By the end of the astonishing E=mc2, a dedicated reader will have
achieved, if only by osmosis, an understanding of Einstein's theory
of relativity and feel quite at ease dining with Nobel Prize
winners. It's a lucid, even thrilling study: the very best kind of
science journalism. I didn't know I could know so much.' Fay
Weldon, Books of the Year, Washington Post In 1905, Albert Einstein
produced five historic papers that shattered many cherished
scientific beliefs. One of those papers introduced the theory of
special relativity and his legendary equation, E=mc2. Generations
have grown up knowing that equation changed the shape of our world,
but without understanding what it really means and why it is so
significant. In this fascinating biography David Bodanis tells the
story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history. He
looks at the elements 'e', 'm' and 'c'; and honours the scientists
whose landmark discoveries paved the way for Einstein. He plots the
course of the equation through the twentieth century, showing how
our lives have been revolutionized by its applications; and looks
far ahead to the future. But as with any biography, it is the human
stories that really ignite the subject - stories of love, courage
and tragedy, of near misses, disappointments and disasters that,
brought together by Bodanis in this remarkable book, turn
Einstein's seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic and
accessible human achievement. 'Both informative and highly
readable...E=mc2 is a wonderful romp through Einstein's famous
formula.. this is everything a popular science book should be'
DAILY EXPRESS 'Bodanis himself seems like an intellectual
thermonuclear explosion, a kind of Jonathan Miller on speed...This
is an outstanding introduction to relativity by a gifted
practitioner of popular science' INDEPENDENT 'With skill and plenty
of colourful anecdotes Bodanis traces the intellectual ancestry of
E=mc2...fast moving and entertaining' THE TIMES 'E=mc2 reveals,
amongst other wonders, how many women physicists were involved in
the story. Which makes this morally improving, as well as
fascinating reading' George Walden, Books of the Year, SUNDAY
TELEGRAPH 'The book fizzes in the readers imagination' TIMES
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