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E=mc² : a biography of the world's most famous equation / David Bodanis.
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- ISBN: 0802713521 (hc)
- ISBN: 9780802713520 (hc)
- Physical Description: ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Walker, c2000.
Content descriptions
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- 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.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | QC 73.8 .C6 B63 | 271959 | Stacks | Available | - |
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