30-second Einstein : the 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute /: the 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Thirty-second Einstein; Einstein
• Further Information: Note: Editor Brian Clegg ; contributors Philip Ball, Brian Clegg, Leon Clifford, Rhodri Evans, Andrew May ; illustrations Steve Rawlings.
• Editors: Clegg, Brian
• Other Names: Clegg, Brian contributor.; Ball, Philip 1962- contributor.; Clifford, Leon contributor.; Evans, Rhodri contributor.; May, Andrew (Andrew James) contributor.; Rawlings, Steve illustrator.
• Contents: Introduction -- Matter (A convenient fiction ; Determining molecular dimensions ; Adventures in statistical mechanics ; Brownian motion explained ; Profile: Styendra Bose ; Perrin's particles ; Bose-Einstein stattistics ; Bose-Einstein condensates) Quantum adventures (Einstein's changing physics ; Photoelectric quanta ; Millikan delivers ; Quantized vibrations ; Profile: Max Planck ; Towards wave-paerticle duality ; Stimulated emission) Special theory of relativity (From patents to relativity ; Dreaming about light ; On the electrodynamics of moving bodies ; Farewell to the ether ; Profile: Hermann Minkowski ; Simultaneity ; Length, time and mass ; Spacetime) Eintein & the world (On the energy & inertia of bodies ; E=MC² ; The chain ; Profile: Leo Szilárd ; Making Einstein's equation a reality ; The Roosevelt letter ; A voice for peace ; Einstein's patent) Fighting the quantum (Letters to Born ; Einstein's slit ; Weighing the photon ; Hidden variables ; Profile: Niels Bohr ; EPR ; Entanglement triumphs ; Realism & reality) General theory of relativity (Breaking internal frames ; The happiest thought ; Heavy clocks ; A curve in space & time ; Profile: Arthur Eddington ; Needing a new mathematics ; The Hilbert challenge ; The equations ; Eddington's experience) Einstein's Universe (Black holes ; Gravitational lenses ; Gravitational waves ; The cosmological constant ; Expanding Universes ; Wormholes ; Frame drafting & time travel ; Profile: John Wheeler ; Unified field theories)
• Publisher Details: Lewes, East Sussex : Ivy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (159 pages), colour illustrations
• Subjects: 530.092; Physicists -- Biography; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Physicists; Electronic books; Biographies; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782404330; 1782404333
• Related ISBNs: 9781782403876; 1782403876
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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