Why Does E=mc2?

(And Why Should We Care?)

von Jeff Forshaw, Brian Cox

272 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The international bestseller: an introduction to the theory of relativity by the eminent physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding commonly held misconceptions-they demonstrate how the structure of nature itself is contained within this equation. Along the way, we visit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted: the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator capable of re-creating conditions that existed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the United Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, Why Does E=mc2? is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik
• ISBN: 9780306819117
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2010
• Größe: 196 x 130 mm
• Verlag: Hachette Books