$24.30
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2017
Summary
Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends.
This stunning downfall can be traced to Einstein’s earliest successes and to personal qualities that were at first his best assets. Einstein’s imagination and sel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349142029 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349142025 |
| Author: | David Bodanis |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Bodanis is a lot like Einstein … Both see the fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity
Bodanis is a lot like Einstein … Both see the fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity * The Times *A sympathetic appraisal of Einstein’s intellectual development * Nature *Like Einstein, he finds fun in physics and understands how to communicate its mystery * The Times *This is a perceptive and lucid account of a brilliant but flawed physicist. – PD Smith * the Guardian *
About The Author
David Bodanis
David Bodanis studied mathematics, physics and history at the University of Chicago, and for many years taught the ‘Intellectual Tool-Kit’ course at Oxford University. The author of many books including the New York Times bestseller The Secret House and E=mc2, which was adapted into the PBS documentary Einstein’s Big Idea, he is also a futurist and business advisor who has worked for the Royal Dutch Shell Scenario Prediction unit, modelling economic futures, as well as for the future planning unit at the World Economic Forum. He has been a popular speaker at TED conferences and at Davos, and most recently helped run an international study for the UK Treasury on the future of high-frequency trading. Bodanis’s work has been published in the Financial Times, the Guardian, and the New York Times. He lives in London.
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