Einstein's war : how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
530.11/STANLEY,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[New York, New York] : Dutton, [2019]
©2019
©2019
DESCRIPTION
vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781524745417, 1524745413
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The world of science before the war -- Science across nations -- The wars begin -- Increasing isolation -- The collapse of international science -- A vital victory -- To cross the trenches -- The borders of the universe -- The resistance to relativity -- Angels of the revolution -- The test -- The relativity circus -- Epilogue: The legacy of Einstein and Eddington
"The birth of a world-changing idea, relativity, and how it was shaped by the social upheaval and bloody horror of the First World War"--