num_pages: 352
description: 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 todayâ��governing, as it does, everything from the atomic bomb to a televisionâ��s cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book, David Bodanis writes the â��biographyâ�� of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in historyâ��that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linkedâ��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 and Company