num_pages: 352
description: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling "biography" of his famous equation 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.
language: English
title: E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
titlecomplete: E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
genres: Audiobook, Physics, Historical, Biography, History Of Science, Science, Nonfiction, Mathematics, History, Popular Science
ratings_count: 7916
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Science (Finalist)
publisher: Walker Books