An Equation That Changed the World by Harald Fritzsch

An Equation That Changed the World by Harald Fritzsch

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Offers the opportunity to take part in an imaginary meeting between Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and a modern physicist, discussing the theory of relativity. This text describes the source of the theory, its workings, and the way it has revolutionized the modern view of the physical world.

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An Equation That Changed the World by Harald Fritzsch

Offers the opportunity to take part in an imaginary meeting between Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and a modern physicist, discussing the theory of relativity. This text describes the source of the theory, its workings, and the way it has revolutionized the modern view of the physical world.
Harald Fritzsch holds the chair in theoretical physics at the University of Munich. He is also a regular visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology, the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center of Stanford University. He is the author of many books that have been translated into English, including The Creation of Matter: The Universe from Beginning to End, Quarks: The Stuff of Matter, and An Equation That Changed the World: Newton, Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity.
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ISBN 13 9780226265582
ISBN 10 0226265587
Title An Equation That Changed the World
Author Harald Fritzsch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1997-12-08
Number of pages 300
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.