einstein, albert

Tells the life story of Georges Lema?tre, the twentieth-century Belgian priest who became the father of modern cosmology, and chronicles the history of the study of the universe's expansion.

An edited collection of five papers written by physicist Albert Einstein in 1905 on special relativity, the wave theory of light, the Brownian motion of small particles suspended in stationary liquids, and his doctoral dissertation, and includes an introductory essay.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein.

Looks at physicist Albert Einstein.

"Albert Einstein used thought experiments to solve some of the universe's greatest mysteries. Learn how Einstein and his imagination helped us understand the nature of space and time"--Provided by publisher.

A brief biography of Albert Einstein, written in graphic novel format, that describes his childhood, his many interests, theories, and success as a scientist.

"This book tells the story of [Albert] Einstein's life, covering not just his scientific discoveries, but his work as an advocate as well"--Back cover.

Tells the life story of history-making physicist Albert Einstein, describing his beginnings as a scientist, his experiences in Nazi Germany, his arrival in the U.S., and his major accomplishments, and includes a chronology.

Presents a picture-book biography of Albert Einstein, focusing on his oddness as a baby and child, and his disinterest in school, and discussing the significance of his discoveries in physics.

On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativityIn 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein?s revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century?s most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new era and made Einstein a global celebrity by confirming his dramatic prediction that the path of light rays would be bent by gravity. Today, Einstein?s theory is scientific fact. Yet the effort to ?weigh light? by measuring the gravitational deflection of starlight during the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse has become clouded by myth and skepticism. Could Arthur Eddington and Frank Dyson have gotten the results they claimed? Did the pacifist Eddington falsify evidence to foster peace after a horrific war by validating the theory of a German antiwar campaigner? In No Shadow of a Doubt, Daniel Kennefick provides definitive answers by offering the most comprehensive and authoritative account of how expedition scientists overcame war, bad weather, and equipment problems to make the experiment a triumphant success.The reader follows Eddington on his voyage to Africa through his letters home, and delves with Dyson into how the complex experiment was accomplished, through his notes. Other characters include Howard Grubb, the brilliant Irishman who made the instruments; William Campbell, the American astronomer who confirmed the result; and Erwin Findlay-Freundlich, the German whose attempts to perform the test in Crimea were foiled by clouds and his arrest.By chronicling the expeditions and their enormous impact in greater detail than ever before, No Shadow of a Doubt reveals a story that is even richer and more exciting than previously known.