E=mc2
A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation| By: | David Bodanis |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9780802714633 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780802718211 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Generations have grown up knowing that the equation E=mc2 changed the shape of our world, but never understanding what it actually means, why it was so significant, and how it informs our daily lives today--governing, as it does, everything from the atomic bomb to a television's cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book, David Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history--that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linked--and, through his skill as a writer and teacher, he turns a seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic human achievement and an uncommonly good story.