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Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius

Title
Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius / Hans C. Ohanian.
Author
Ohanian, Hans C.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2008.

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Description
xix, 394 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
Ohanian offers insights into aspects of Albert Einstein that many don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.
Subject
  • Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
  • Physics > History
  • Physics > Philosophy
  • Science > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-373) and index.
Contents
Chronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? -- The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Postmortem.
Call Number
JBE 17-587
ISBN
  • 9780393062939
  • 0393062937
LCCN
2008013155
OCLC
214066446
Author
Ohanian, Hans C.
Title
Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius / Hans C. Ohanian.
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-373) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 17-587
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