Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time - Rilegato

Kaku, Michio

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ISBN 10: 0297847554 ISBN 13: 9780297847557

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004

Riassunto

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 to dare to scale the heights he reached. In this enlightening book Michio Kaku reasseses Einstein's work by centering on his three great theories - special relativity, general relativity and the Unified Field Theory. The first yielded the equation E =mc² which is now such a fixture in our culture that it is practically a ubiquitous slogan. But the subsequent theories led to the Big Bang theory and have changed irrevocably the way we perceive time and space. Michio Kaku gives a new, refreshing look at the pioneering work of Einstein, giving a more accurate portrayal of his enduring legacy than previous biographies. As today's advanced physicists continue their intense search to fulfill Einstein's most cherished dream, a 'theory of everything', he is recognised as a prophet who set the agenda for modern physics.

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"Thanks to Michio Kaku, you don't have to be an Einstein to understand Einstein. Einstein's Cosmos weaves together Einstein's life and science the way Einstein himself wove together time and space." (Dr Ken Croswell, author of Magnificent Universe )

"Michio Kaku beautifully interweaves the story of Albert Einstein's career with Einstein's stunning insights into cosmology, from relativity and black holes to dark energy and the search for a unified theory of all the forces in the universe." (Donald Goldsmith, author of The Runaway Universe )

"Engaging... while this is fully a biography, succinctly revisiting Einstein's difficult childhood and unpromising early career, his two marriages and his emergence as a 20th-century cultural icon, the guiding thread is undoubtedly the evolution of his ideas." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )

"If you want to read what all the fuss is about [Einstein's "miraculous year], read Michio Kaku's authoritative offering." (NEW SCIENTIST )

L'autore:

One of the most prominent and respected scientists today, 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 Revolutionize the 21st Century, as well as numerous other Ph.D.-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 and can be found on the web at www.mkaku.org.

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• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0297847554
• ISBN 13: 9780297847557
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320