By Carlos I. Calle
Genius demystified, the Dummies way!
In 1905, Albert Einstein revolutionized glossy physics along with his thought of relativity. He went directly to turn into a twentieth-century icon-a guy whose identify and face are synonymous with "genius." Now, eventually, traditional readers can discover Einstein's existence and paintings during this new For Dummies consultant. Physicist Carlos Calle chronicles Einstein's occupation and explains his work-including the theories of detailed and normal relativity-in language that anybody can comprehend. He indicates how Einstein's discoveries affected every little thing from the improvement of the atom bomb to the idea of quantum mechanics. He sheds gentle on Einstein's own existence and ideology, together with his perspectives on faith and politics. And he exhibits how Einstein's paintings keeps to impact our international at the present time, from nuclear energy to house commute to synthetic intelligence.
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