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The Perfect Theory - A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity (Paperback)
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The Perfect Theory - A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity (Paperback)
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Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most
perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that
involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the largest,
hottest or densest of scales, can be explained by it. From the
moment Einstein first proposed the theory in 1915, it was received
with enthusiasm yet also with tremendous resistance, and for the
following ninety years was the source of a series of feuds,
vendettas, ideological battles and international collaborations
featuring a colourful cast of characters. A gripping, colourfully
told story, A Perfect Theory entangles itself with the flashpoints
of modern history. In this first complete popular history of the
theory, Pedro G. Ferreira shows how the theory has informed our
understanding of exactly what the universe is made of and how much
is still undiscovered: from the work of the giant telescopes in the
deserts of Chile to the way in which the latest work on black holes
is providing a fresh, new perspective on what space and time are
truly made of. As we near the first centenary of Einstein's iconic
theory, scientists the world over are wondering once again if we
have reached the limits of the theory and just how much of the
universe's future it can explain.
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