A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers

by Robert E. Kennedy

Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century - evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the modern physics of relativity and quantum mechanics.

The dominant figure in this revolutionary change was Albert Einstein. In a single year, 1905, Einstein produced breakthrough works in three areas of physics: on the size and the effects of atoms; on the quantization of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199694036
• ISBN13: 9780199694037
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.2"