Author : David Bodanis
Release : 2009-05-26
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 213/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis E=mc2 by : David Bodanis
Download or read book E=mc2 written by David Bodanis. This book was released on 2009-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.