Einstein's war : how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I / Matthew Stanley.
"The birth of a world-changing idea, relativity, and how it was shaped by the social upheaval and bloody horror of the First World War"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524745417
- ISBN: 1524745413
- Physical Description: vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The world of science before the war -- Science across nations -- The wars begin -- Increasing isolation -- The collapse of international science -- A vital victory -- To cross the trenches -- The borders of the universe -- The resistance to relativity -- Angels of the revolution -- The test -- The relativity circus -- Epilogue: The legacy of Einstein and Eddington.
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