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.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Written in an engaging Q&A format, Think Like a... series answers fundamental questions within academic subjects that come up in day-to-day life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398812857
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2021
Series:	Think Like Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Robert Snedden has worked in publishing for more than thirty years as an editor and writer. He is an insatiable autodidact in the grand Scottish tradition and delights in learning new things, particularly concerning science, and in passing on that knowledge via the books he writes. His writing for children and adults has so far ranged across such diverse topics as medical ethics, habitats, evolution, space exploration, engineering, pharmacogenetics and the technology of ancient civilisations.

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