Einstein's cosmos: how Albert Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time 9780393077834, 0393077837

There's no better short book that explains just what Einstein did thanEinstein's Cosmos. Keying Einstein'

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Table of contents :
Table of contents --
Preface: New look at the legacy of Albert Einstein --
Part I: First picture: Racing a light beam --
Physics before Einstein --
Early years --
Special relativity and "The Miracle Year" --
Part II: Second picture: Warped space-time --
General relativity and "The Happiest Thought in My Life" --
New copernicus --
Big bang and black holes --
Part III: Unfinished picture: Unified field theory --
Unification and the quantum challenge --
War, peace, and --
Einstein's prophetic legacy.

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