Einstein's Cosmos
How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time
$28.15
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2006
Summary
Few figures loom as large as Albert Einstein in our contemporary culture. It is truly remarkable that a man from such humble beginnings, an unemployed dreamer without a future or a job, who was written off by his professors as a hopeless loser, could dare to scale the heights he reached.
In this enlightening book Michio Kaku reassesses Einstein’s work by centring on his three great theories - special relativity, general relativity and the Unified Field Theory. The first yielded the eq…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753819043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075381904X |
| Author: | Michio Kaku |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Kaku reassesses Einstein to give a new, refreshing look at his pioneering work, and the enduring legacy of this exceptional man.’
Kaku reassesses Einstein to give a new, refreshing look at his pioneering work, and the enduring legacy of this exceptional man. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
About The Author
Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku holds the Henry Semat Professorship in Theoretical Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the City College of New York. He is the author of Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein (with Jennifer Trainer), and Visions: How Science Will Revolutionise the 21st Century, as well as numerous other PhD-level textbooks that are required reading at many of the world’s leading universities. His weekly radio show, Explorations, can be heard on stations across America, and he has frequently appeared on television talk shows and BBC and Public Television science specials. Kaku lives in New York City.
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