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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, 2005, ©2004.

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268 pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Great discoveries

Uniform Title

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.

ISBN

0393327000 (pbk.) :

OCLC

ocm59716869
SCSB-5260681

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Columbia University Libraries