Posts Tagged ‘ albert einstein ’

The Meaning of Relativity

May 24, 2012
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The Meaning of Relativity

Here we have a collection of Albert Einstein’s lectures delivered in Princeton University back in 1921. The book is basically introduction to both special and general theories of relativity plus an introduction on the pre-relativity physics. The book is quite simple, with almost  no diagrams, but the style is readable and clear. As for the pre-requisites to understand the content of the book, I would recommend knowing at least the basics of special relativity...

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The World As I See It

March 4, 2012
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The World As I See It

Albert Einstein is synonymous with the word genius, but he is also an exceptionally charismatic and wise personality. That’s why I would like to review and recommend a book called “The World As I See It” by Albert Einstein. And having in mind how many false facts are there about Albert Einstein online, I think everyone, who is truly interested in the biography of Einstein should read this book. So let’s look closer at this book and...

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The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of

March 2, 2012
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The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of

Have you ever wondered how the original scientific papers of the greatest physicists of the 20th century looked like? If your answer is yes than I have a book just for you – “The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of” edited by Stephen Hawking. The best thing about this book that it is basically a collection of original revolutionary scientific papers on quantum mechanics by scientists like Paul Dirac, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schroedinger and others....

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