Einstein's masterwork
Subtitle: 1915 and the general theory of relativity
By: John Gribbin with Mary Gribbin
Contributors: Gribbin, Mary, author
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books; Pegasus Books Ltd
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781681772127
Subjects: Popular works; General relativity (Physics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning. Early life ; Breaking free ; Einstein and the Ploy ; Rejection ; Rescue; title: The annus mirabilis. The doctoral thesis ; Jiggling atoms ; Particles of light ; The special one; title: the long and winding word. The geometry of relativity ; Moving on ; In the shadow of a giant ; On the move ; First steps ; What Einstein should have known ; The masterwork; title: Legacy. Black holes and timewarps ; Beyond reasonable doubt ; Making waves ; The universe at large; title: The icon of science. Personal problems ; Fame ; A last quantum hurrah ; Exile ; Spooky action at a distance ; The final years.