Einstein 1905 : the standard of greatness /
For Einstein, 1905 was a remarkable year. It was also a miraculous year for the history and future of science. In six short months, he published five papers that would transform our understanding of nature. This unparalleled period is the subject of Rigden's book, which deftly explains what dis...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
©2005.
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Table of Contents:
- The standard of greatness: why Einstein?
- The revolutionary quantum paper
- Molecular dimensions
- "Seeing" atoms
- The merger of space and time
- The most famous equation
- Beyond 1905.