Einstein’s Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath
Publisher: Springer
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-11-14
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 3540331999
ISBN-13: 9783540331995
Einstein’s Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest developments in astrophysics, focusing on Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity and black-hole physics. Through engaging conversations and napkin-scribbled diagrams come tumbling the rudiments of relativity, spacetime and much of modern physics, narrated with high didactic and literary talent, and each embedded in casual lessons given by a worldly astrophysicist to his friend. Join the intellectual fun and...