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Einstein for Beginners - by Joseph Schwartz & Michael McGuinness (Paperback)

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  • Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought.
  • About the Author: Joseph Schwartz is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and writer and is the author of Einstein for Beginners.
  • 176 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography,

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About the Book



"Einstein for Beginners" shows why moving clocks run slower than stationary ones, why nothing can go faster than the speed of light--and perhaps why Albert's hair always looked like that--and follows the thoughts of this genius as he works his way toward E=mc2, the groundbreaking equation of the 20th century.



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Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought.

Reaching back as far as Babylon (for the origins of mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought they could handle lightning), this book takes us through the revolutions in electrical communications and technology that made the theory of relativity possible. In the process, we meet scientific luminaries and personalities of imperial Germany, as well as Galileo, Faraday, and Newton; learn why moving clocks run slower than stationary ones, why nothing can go faster than the speed of light; and follow Albert's thought as he works his way toward E = mc2, the most famous equation of the twentieth century.



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"The presentation of [Einstein's] discoveries is little short of inspired." -- The Washington Post



About the Author



Joseph Schwartz is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and writer and is the author of Einstein for Beginners. He has had appointments in physics and psychiatry at Columbia University and the City University of New York. Since 1983, he has had a clinical practice in London.

Michael McGuinness is the coauthor of Einstein for Beginners with Joseph Schwartz and Introducing Jung with Maggie Hyde.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.36 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x .53 Inches (D)
Weight: .49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Joseph Schwartz & Michael McGuinness
Language: English
Street Date: July 15, 2003
TCIN: 94476189
UPC: 9780375714597
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-4943
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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