Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014.
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the largest, hottest or densest of scales, can be explained by it. From the moment Einstein first proposed the theory in 1915, it was received with enthusiasm yet also with tremendous resistance, and for the following ninety years was the source of a series of feuds, vendettas, ideological battles and international collaborations featuring a colourful cast of characters. A gripping, colourfully told story, A Perfect Theory entangles itself with the flashpoints of modern history. In this first complete popular history of the theory, Pedro G. Ferreira shows how the theory has informed our understanding of exactly what the universe is made of and how much is still undiscovered: from the work of the giant telescopes in the deserts of Chile to the way in which the latest work on black holes is providing a fresh, new perspective on what space and time are truly made of.
| ISBN: | 9781408703106 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 2014 |
| Author: | Professor Pedro G. Ferreira |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Primary Genre | Popular Science |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014.
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the largest, hottest or densest of scales, can be explained by it. From the moment Einstein first proposed the theory in 1915, it was received with enthusiasm yet also with tremendous resistance, and for the following ninety years was the source of a series of feuds, vendettas, ideological battles and international collaborations featuring a colourful cast of characters. A gripping, colourfully told story, A Perfect Theory entangles itself with the flashpoints of modern history. In this first complete popular history of the theory, Pedro G. Ferreira shows how the theory has informed our understanding of exactly what the universe is made of and how much is still undiscovered: from the work of the giant telescopes in the deserts of Chile to the way in which the latest work on black holes is providing a fresh, new perspective on what space and time are truly made of.
The Perfect Theory A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity features in the following genres: Popular Science, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Recommendations
The Perfect Theory A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity is available in Hardback
The Perfect Theory A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity was written by Professor Pedro G. Ferreira and published by Little, Brown an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
