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Einstein's breakthroughs in special and general relativity, cosmology, black holes, the principle of the expanding universe, quantum physics and unified scientific theory are some of the best-known discoveries of the previous century. But how these discoveries were linked to the findings of those who came before him - Galileo, Newton, Copernicus and Eddington, to name a few - is an aspect of this twentieth-century icon's life and work that, until now, remained largely unexplored. In addition to having stood on the shoulders of many scientific giants, Einstein also made significant errors of both a scientific and a personal nature. In this revisionist biography, Hans Ohanian takes a close and impartial look at the man who has become synonymous with the concept of genius itself. Ohanian looks beyond roughly hewn caricatures to give us a glimpse of the man on whom the legends are based.
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* HANS OHANIAN is the author of several physics textbooks and dozens of articles published in the American Journal of Physics, where he was an associate editor.
Einstein's breakthroughs in special and general relativity, cosmology, black holes, the principle of the expanding universe, quantum physics and unified scientific theory are some of the best-known discoveries of the previous century. But how these discoveries were linked to the findings of those who came before him - Galileo, Newton, Copernicus and Eddington, to name a few - is an aspect of this twentieth-century icon's life and work that, until now, remained largely unexplored. In addition to having stood on the shoulders of many scientific giants, Einstein also made significant errors of both a scientific and a personal nature. In this revisionist biography, Hans Ohanian takes a close and impartial look at the man who has become synonymous with the concept of genius itself. Ohanian looks beyond roughly hewn caricatures to give us a glimpse of the man on whom the legends are based.
About the Author
* HANS OHANIAN is the author of several physics textbooks and dozens of articles published in the American Journal of Physics, where he was an associate editor.
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