Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
|
Buy Now
Einstein's War - How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World (Paperback)
Loot Price: R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
You Save: R57
(18%)
|
|
Einstein's War - How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World (Paperback)
(sign in to rate)
List price R315
Loot Price R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
You Save R57 (18%)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
'Deeply researched and profoundly absorbing . . . Matthew Stanley
traces one of the greatest epics of scientific history . . . An
amazing story' Michael Frayn, author of Tony Award-winning
Copenhagen In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British
astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor
named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper
outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until
then Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped
behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown.
Einstein's name is now synonymous with 'genius', but it was not an
easy road. He spent a decade creating relativity and his ascent to
global celebrity owed much to against-the-odds international
collaboration, including Eddington's globe-spanning expedition of
1919 - two years before they finally met. We usually think of
scientific discovery as a flash of individual inspiration, but here
we see it is the result of hard work, gambles and wrong turns.
Einstein's War is a celebration of what science can offer when
bigotry and nationalism are defeated. Using previously unknown
sources and written like a thriller, it shows relativity being
built brick-by-brick in front of us, as it happened 100 years ago.
'Riveting . . . Stanley lets us share the excitement a hundred
years later in this entertaining and gripping book. It's a must
read if you ever wondered how Einstein became 'Einstein'' Manjit
Kumar, author of Quantum
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.