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Einstein's cosmos : how Albert Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time
- Title
- Einstein's cosmos : how Albert Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time / Michio Kaku.
- Author
- Kaku, Michio.
- Publication
- New York : W. W. Norton, c2004.
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- Description
- 251 p.; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Great discoveries
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
- Contents
- Table of contents -- Preface: New look at the legacy of Albert Einstein -- Part I: First picture: Racing a light beam -- Physics before Einstein -- Early years -- Special relativity and "The Miracle Year" -- Part II: Second picture: Warped space-time -- General relativity and "The Happiest Thought in My Life" -- New copernicus -- Big bang and black holes -- Part III: Unfinished picture: Unified field theory -- Unification and the quantum challenge -- War, peace, and -- Einstein's prophetic legacy.
- Call Number
- JSD 07-44
- ISBN
- 039305165X (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2003025580
- OCLC
- 53796881
- Author
- Kaku, Michio.
- Title
- Einstein's cosmos : how Albert Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time / Michio Kaku.
- Imprint
- New York : W. W. Norton, c2004.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Great discoveries
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JSD 07-44