E=mc²
A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
New York : Walker, 2000.
Format: Book
Description: ix, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Generations have grown up knowing that the equation E=mc2 changed the shape of our world, but never understanding what it actually means, why it was so significant, and how it informs our daily lives today--governing, as it does, everything from the atomic bomb to a television's cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book, David Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history--that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linked--and, through his skill as a writer and teacher, he turns a seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic human achievement and an uncommonly good story.
Target Audience: 1170L
ISBN:
0802713521 (hc)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Physics Bod Paperback ed | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-[318]) and index.