E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous EquationBloomsbury Publishing USA, 26/05/2009 - 352 من الصفحات Generations have grown up knowing that the equation E=mc2 changed the shape of our world, but never understanding what it actually means, why it was so significant, and how it informs our daily lives today--governing, as it does, everything from the atomic bomb to a television's cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book, David Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history--that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linked--and, through his skill as a writer and teacher, he turns a seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic human achievement and an uncommonly good story. |
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PART | 49 |
TO Germanys Turn | 117 |
Americas Turn | 143 |
PART | 164 |
Notes | 237 |
Guide to Further Reading | 301 |
Acknowledgments | 319 |
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