A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 January 2012
- ISBN 9780199694037
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 250x196x24 mm
- Weight 802 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 58 b/w illustrations 0
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Short description:
In 1905 Albert Einstein produced breakthrough work in three major areas of physics (atoms and Brownian motion, quanta, and the special theory of relativity), followed, in 1916, by the general theory of relativity. This book develops the detail of the papers, including the mathematics, to guide the reader in working through them.
MoreLong description:
Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century - evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the modern physics of relativity and quantum mechanics.
The dominant figure in this revolutionary change was Albert Einstein. In a single year, 1905, Einstein produced breakthrough works in three areas of physics: on the size and the effects of atoms; on the quantization of the electromagnetic field; and on the special theory of relativity. In 1916 he produced a fourth breakthrough work, the general theory of relativity.
A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers focuses on Einstein's contributions, setting his major works into their historical context, and then takes the reader through the details of each paper, including the mathematics.
This book helps the reader appreciate the simplicity and insightfulness of Einstein's ideas and how revolutionary his work was, and locate it in the evolution of scientific thought begun by the ancient Greek natural philosophers.
... each of us contemporary physicists has at some point in our careers setout to tread the arduous path toward mastery of Albert Einsteins great pioneering insights. Robert Kennedy offers to illumine that path as a guide/companion in this work. His contribution deserves commendation and recommendation for dedicated study.
Table of Contents:
Setting the Stage for 1905
Radiation and the Quanta
The Atom and Brownian Motion
The Special Theory of Relativity
The General Theory of Relativity
Einstein and the Evolution of Quantum Mechanics
Epilogue
