Why Does E mc2 ? - and why should we care?
Author(s): Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
The international bestseller: an introduction to the theory of relativity by the eminent physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding commonly held misconceptions-they demonstrate how the structure of nature itself is contained within this equation. Along the way, we visit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted: the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator capable of re-creating conditions that existed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the United Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, Why Does E=mc2? is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Hachette Books
- : Hachette Books
- : 0.65
- : 01 March 2010
- : 1.00000mm X 5.25000mm X 7.50000mm
- : 01 January 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
- : Paperback
- : English
- : very good
- : 249