Full name: E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

Author: David Bodanis Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, History, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780802713520 9780425181645 0802713521

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. Similar books: Einstein's Cosmos by Michio Kaku Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps by Peter Galison Pendulum by Amir D. Aczel God's Equation by Amir D. Aczel Quantum by Manjit Kumar A World Without Time by Palle Yourgrau Electric Universe by David Bodanis The Perfect Theory by Pedro G. Ferreira On the Shoulders of Giants by Stephen Hawking Faust in Copenhagen by Gino Segre Sun in a Bottle by Charles Seife Simply Einstein by Richard Wolfson Einstein's Universe by Nigel Calder Big Science by Michael Hiltzik The Age of Entanglement by Louisa Gilder The Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Rocket Men by Robert Kurson Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf