God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe Paperback - 2000
by Aczel, Amir D
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In 1998, evidence that the cosmos is expanding was found, and the most compelling theory to explain this phenomenon was Einstein's cosmological constant, a theory he conceived -- and rejected -- more than 80 years ago. Newly discovered letters of Einstein and interviews with prominent mathematicians, physicists, and astronomers guide readers into the mind of a genius.
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- Title God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
- Author Aczel, Amir D
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Delta, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date November 28, 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # X11A-01471
- ISBN 9780385334853 / 0385334850
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
- Reading level 1270
- Library of Congress subjects Cosmology, Relativity (Physics)
- Dewey Decimal Code 523.1
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In a work that is at once lucid, exhilarating, and profound, renowned mathematician Dr. Amir Aczel, critically acclaimed author of Fermat's Last Theorem, takes us into the heart of science's greatest mystery. In January 1998, astronomers found evidence that the cosmos is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. The way we perceive the universe was changed forever. The most compelling theory cosmologists could find to explain this phenomenon was Einstein's cosmological constant, a theory he conceived -- and rejected -- over eighty years ago.
Drawing on newly discovered letters of Einstein -- many translated here for the first time -- years of research, and interviews with prominent mathematicians, cosmologists, physicists, and astronomers, Aczel takes us on a fascinating journey into "the strange geometry of space-time", and into the mind of a genius. Here the unthinkable becomes real: an infinite, ever-expanding, ever-accelerating universe whose only absolute is the speed of light. Awesome in scope, thrilling in detail, God's Equation is storytelling at its finest
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- Scitech Book News, 03/01/2001, Page 46
