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Einstein's war : how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I Cover Image Book Book

Einstein's war : how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I

Stanley, Matthew 1975- (author.).

Summary: "The birth of a world-changing idea, relativity, and how it was shaped by the social upheaval and bloody horror of the First World War"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781524745417
  • ISBN: 1524745413
  • ISBN: 9781524745431
  • ISBN: 152474543X
  • Physical Description: print
    vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2019]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The world of science before the war -- Science across nations -- The wars begin -- Increasing isolation -- The collapse of international science -- A vital victory -- To cross the trenches -- The borders of the universe -- The resistance to relativity -- Angels of the revolution -- The test -- The relativity circus -- Epilogue: The legacy of Einstein and Eddington.

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Subject: Einstein, Albert 1879-1955
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Eddington, Arthur Stanley Sir 1882-1944
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Genre: History.

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