Think Like Einstein: Step into the Mind of a Genius

by Robert Snedden

Overview

Why does E=mc2? If Einstein was right, was Newton wrong? Can we really find a theory of everything? Think Like Einstein will answer these questions and more in this fun and fascinating book. With topics ranging from spacetime to the atomic bomb, Robert Snedden takes a look at this extraordinary man and his ground-breaking theories. This illustrated book provides an accessible introduction to this incredible theoretical physicist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838576844
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Series:	Think Like Series , #6
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert Snedden has worked in publishing for more than forty years as an editor and writer. His writing ranges across diverse topics as medical ethics, habitats, physics and engineering, pharmacogenetics, chemistry and the technology of ancient civilizations. He has written many successful titles such as the Great Breakthroughs series and 15-Minute Einstein, which have been published internationally in many languages.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Who was Albert Einstein? 7

Chapter 1 Does the universe run like clockwork? 19

Chapter 2 What is light? 27

Chapter 3 How does light travel through space? 35

Chapter 4 What is the quantum? 39

Chapter 5 What is the photoelectric effect? 45

Chapter 6 How did Einstein prove that atoms exist? 51

Chapter 7 What is the theory of special relativity? 59

Chapter 8 What are Einstein's ideas about time? 69

Chapter 9 What is the Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction? 75

Chapter 10 What is spacetime? 81

Chapter 11 Why does E = mc²? 91

Chapter 12 How did Einstein fit gravity into relativity? 99

Chapter 13 How does Einstein define gravity? 107

Chapter 14 How did an eclipse prove Einstein was right? 115

Chapter 15 If Einstein was right, was Newton wrong? 123

Chapter 16 Why didn't Einstein's theory win the Nobel Prize? 131

Chapter 17 What was Einstein's greatest blunder? 141

Chapter 18 Where does Einstein's relativity theory break down? 149

Chapter 19 How did relativity lead to a Big Bang? 159

Chapter 20 Does God play dice? 173

Chapter 21 Who won the argument? 189

Chapter 22 Was Einstein the 'father of the atomic bomb'? 203

Chapter 23 Can we find a theory of everything? 213

Picture Credits 223