Einstein for Beginners
Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought.
Reaching back as far as Babylon (for the origins of mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought they could handle lightning), this book takes us through the revolutions in electrical communications and technology that made the theory of relativity possible. In the process, we meet scientific luminaries and personalities of imperial Germany, as well as Galileo, Faraday, and Newton; learn why moving clocks run slower than stationary ones, why nothing can go faster than the speed of light; and follow Albert's thought as he works his way toward E = mc2, the most famous equation of the twentieth century.
173 pages, 9 editions
English edition · First published 1979 by Writers and Readers in association with Unwin Paperbacks · ISBN 9780049250376
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Editions
9 editions
English
- Einstein for Beginners · Writers and Readers in association with Unwin Paperbacks · 1986 · ISBN 9780049250376 This page
- Einstein for Beginners · Icon · 1993 · ISBN 9781874166023
- Einstein for Beginners · Allen & Unwin · 1992 · ISBN 9781863732901
- Einstein for Beginners · Pantheon Books · 1979 · ISBN 9780394738017
- Einstein for Beginners · Pantheon Books · 1979 · ISBN 9780394505886
- Einstein for Beginners · Pantheon Books · 1979 · ISBN 9780375714597
- Einstein for Beginners · Writers and Readers Publishing Co-operative · 1979 · ISBN 9780906386057
- Einstein for Beginners · Writers and Readers Publishing Co-operative · 1979 · ISBN 9780906386033
- Einstein for Beginners · Pantheon Books · 1979 · ISBN 9780679725107
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