Emc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

About this book

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einsteins miracle year of discoveries a new edition of the bestselling "biography" of his famous equation Generations have grown up knowing that the equation Emc2 changed the shape of our world but never understanding what it actually means why it was so significant and how it informs our daily lives today--governing as it does everything from the atomic bomb to a televisions cathode ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings. In this book David Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history--that the realms of energy and matter are inescapably linked--and through his skill as a writer and teacher he turns a seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic human achievement and an uncommonly good story.