E=mc~2, Bodanis, David

Автор: Bodanis, David
Название: Electric Universe
ISBN: 0307335984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307335982
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe--electricity--and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.

For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention. The force that once seemed inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the structure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wonders--complete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals.

In Electric Universe, the great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machine--what we know as the computer--was met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to "cure" his homosexuality.

From the frigid waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm to the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery.

Автор: Bodanis David
Название: E=mc2 (pb)
ISBN: 0330391658 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780330391658
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
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Описание: Tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history. This work looks at the elements `e`, `m` and `c`; and honours the scientists whose landmark discoveries paved the way for Einstein. It plots the course of the equation (E=mc2) through the 20th-century, showing how our lives have been revolutionized by its applications.

Автор: Bodanis,David
Название: Electric universe
ISBN: 0349117667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349117669
Издательство: Little Brown
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Цена: 1972.00 р.
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Описание: From the author of the bestselling E=MC2, a brilliantly descriptive analysis of one of the most powerful forces that controls the universe - electricity

Автор: David Bodanis
Название: Einstein`s Greatest Mistake
ISBN: 0349142025 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349142029
Издательство: Little Brown
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Цена: 1972.00 р.
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Описание: From the bestselling author of E=mc(2), Einstein`s Greatest Mistake is a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern science.