Everything's Relative by Tony Rothman
The surprising truth behind many of the most cherished facts in science historyMorse invented the telegraph, Bell the telephone, Edison the light bulb, and Marconi the radio . . . right? Well . . . the truth is slightly more complicated. The history of science and technology is riddled with apocrypha, inaccuracies, and falsehoods, and physicist Tony Rothman has taken it upon himself to throw a monkey wrench into the works. Combining a storyteller's gifts with a scientist's focus and hardheaded devotion to the facts-such as they may be-Rothman breaks down many of the most famous just-so stories of physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, and technology to give credit where credit is truly due. From Einstein's possible misunderstanding of his own theories to actress Hedy Lemarr's role in the invention of the radio-controlled torpedo, he dredges his way through the legends of science history in relating the fascinating stories behind some of the most important, and often unsung, breakthroughs in science.
Tony Rothman, PhD (Bryn Mawr, PA), is a Research Associate at Bryn Mawr College. He is the author of seven other critically acclaimed science books and a frequent contributor to leading science publications, including Scientific American and Discover.
Tony Rothman holds a PhD in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and is a theoretical cosmologist. After teaching at Princeton and Harvard Universities, he joined the faculty of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering in 2016. Rothman has written about 60 scientific papers and 11 previous books, including fiction and nonfiction, to date. Firebird, a novel about a race for nuclear fusion, and The Course of Fate, a historical novel about the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, are the most recent. With Hidetoshi Fukagawa, he co-authored Sacred Mathematics, Japanese Temple Geometry, which won the American Association of Publishers Award for Professional and Academic Achievement in Mathematics in 2008. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and has won various other writing honors.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471202578 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471202576 |
| Title | Everything's Relative |
| Author | Tony Rothman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2003-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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