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- ISBN
- 9780393062939
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393062937
ISBN-13
9780393062939
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63854385
Product Key Features
Book Title
Einstein's Mistakes : the Human Failings of Genius
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Physics / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-013155
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
530.092
Synopsis
Although Einstein was the greatest genius of the twentieth century, many of his ground-breaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious misconceptions in physics to blatant errors in mathematics. For instance, Einstein's first theoretical proof of the famous formula E = mc2 was incomplete and only approximately valid; he struggled with this problem for many years, but he never found a complete proof (better mathematicians did). In this provocative forensic biography, Hans C. Ohanian dissects this and other mistakes and places them in the context of Einstein's turbulent life and times. Einstein was often navigating in a fog of irrational and mystical inspirations, but his profound intuition about physics permitted him to reach his goal despite--and sometimes because of--the mistakes he made along the way. Einstein's uncanny ability to use his mistakes subconsciously as stepping stones toward his revolutionary theories was one hallmark of his genius., Fresh insights into aspects of Einstein we don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.
LC Classification Number
QC7.O33 2008
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