Book
E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
- Published
- 2000
- Genre
- Science/Math
- Publisher
- n/a
- Pages
- 352
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667.E_mc2?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_54
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1170L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
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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.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780965006934
- ISBN-10
- 096500693X
Tags
EinsteinNonfictionScienceScience-Mathematics