E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation

Bodanis, David. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0802713521 (hc)
ISBN: 9780802713520 (hc)
Physical Description: print
ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Walker, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1 - Birth -- Bern patent office, 1905 -- Part 2 - Ancestors of E=mc[squared] -- E is for energy -- = -- m is for mass -- c is for celeritas -- 2[hacek(caron)] -- Part 3 - The early years -- Einstein and the equation -- Into the atom -- Quiet in the midday snow -- Part 4 - Adulthood -- Germany's turn -- Norway -- America's turn -- 8:16 a.m. - over Japan -- Part 5 - Till the end of time -- The fires of the sun -- Creating the earth -- A Brahmin lifts his eyes unto the sky -- Epilogue : What else Einstein did -- Appendix : Follow-up of other key participants.