Il capolavoro di Einstein
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Era il 1915 quando Albert Einstein elaborò nella forma che conosciamo la sua teoria della relatività generale. Era trascorso giusto un decennio dal 1905, ritenuto concordemente dagli studiosi il suo annus mirabilis: pochi mesi leggendari durante i quali, in un impeto di creatività scientifica che non si era più registrato dai tempi di Newton, aveva concepito anche la teoria ristretta della relatività e scoperto la legge dell’effetto fotoelettrico, che gli avrebbe poi valso il premio Nobel nel 1921. John Gribbin ne racconta la gestazione e le vicissitudini con la competente semplicità del grande divulgatore che non ignora gli intrecci tra scienza e vita.
- ISBN: 8833929280
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 169
- Data di uscita: 12-10-2017
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Of the various anniversaries turning up in 2015, none is as significant to science as the development of Einstein's general theory of relativity. As the C. P. Snow quote on the back of this compact and highly readable book suggests 'If Einstein had not created the general theory (in 1915) no one els Leggi tutto
This is a nice litte book on Einstein. The masterwork refers to the General theory. Gribbin says that the Special theory was in the air, meaning that someone else would have “discovered“ it within a few years whereas General would not have been found for decades. He does not really manages though to Leggi tutto
The subtitle of this shortish work slightly overstates itself, in that really only two of the book's five chapters are concerned with the General Theory of Relativity, its formulation and its implications/legacy. The first and last of the five chapters constitute a brief bio of the scientist and an
HIGHLY recommend this book, which talks about Albert Einstein’s life in relatively (hehe pun) uncomplicated words. The contributions he made to science can not be understated. The only beef i have with this book is that the author argues that the General Theory of Relativity would more than likely n Leggi tutto
Mmm.....like many people I grew up thinking Einstein and been working alone in the patent office and independently come with his relativity theory on his own, an inspired genius. Under Gribben's quidance, I find out that he was a man of his time, and worked with the ideas of the very best intellects Leggi tutto
I've always considered Gribbin to be one of the best Science historians around since reading Science: A history. This work, published to coincide with the centenary of the publication of the General Theory of Relativity, is a biography of Albert Einstein with a focus on his scientific achievements o Leggi tutto
Although I try to read widely on as many academic disciplines as I can, and while I love science, I find physics to be quite confusing at times. That's why I love writers like Gribbin, with strong scientific credibility who know how to communicate scientific ideas to the masses. I enjoyed this book. Leggi tutto
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