God's equation
Subtitle: Einstein, relativity, and the expanding universe
By: Amir D. Aczel
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781568581392
Subjects: Relativity (Physics); Relativité (Physique); Kosmologie; Cosmologie; Astrofysica; Cosmology
Description: "The product of research around the globe - and interviews with dozens of prominent scientists, God's Equation discusses the latest developments in cosmology, the study of the nature of the universe. Using Einstein and his theories to explain the links between relativity and cosmology via Einstein's "cosmological constant," Aczel tells us it is almost as though Einstein were God's mouthpiece, revealing the most fundamental truths about our larger environment, truths scientists are just now confirming.".

"And yet Aczel reveals a side of Einstein - the man - no one else has brought to light. Aczel is the first to have translated certain letters of Einstein, in private hands until recently. These letters cast a new spin on Einstein's relationship with other scientists and his early efforts to prove his revolutionary theory that a strong gravitational force will make light bend."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploding stars; title: Early Einstein; title: Prague, 1911; title: Euclid's riddle; title: Grossmann's notebooks; title: The Crimean expedition; title: Riemann's metric; title: Berlin; title: Principe Island; title: The joint meeting; title: Cosmological considerations; title: The expansion of space; title: The nature of matter; title: The geometry of the universe; title: Batavia, Illinois, May 4, 1998; title: God's equation.