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Author Ohanian, Hans C.

Title Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius / Hans C. Ohanian.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co Inc., 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  530 Ei68Boh 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st Norton pbk ed.
Description xix, 394 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-373) and index.
Contents Chronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? -- The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Postmortem.
Summary Ohanian offers insights into aspects of Albert Einstein that many don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.
Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physics -- History.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Science -- History.
ISBN 9780393337686
0393337685

 
    
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