false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179034134m/867462.jpg 867462 14 From the original Publisher's Note: "The layperson does not often have the opportunity of reading a simple exposition of advanced sientific thought written by the one who did the actual creative thinking. In this book, which is the result of a happy collaboration between the author of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, and one of his co-workers in research, Leopold Infeld, the story they have to tell of this evolutionary development is one of the most fascinating that the human mind can meet with - the story of humanity's attempt to comprehend through inventive thought its own relationship to the external world. In simple straightforward language, avoiding all technical terms and mathematical formulae, the authors have traced with beautiful clarity the steps from the mechanical view of the universe invented by classical physicists to the more satisfactory explanations evolved by modern science. Here is the story of humanity's conquest of its own ignorance. To read it is to participate in one of the greatest adventures of all time - the adventure of humanity's magnificent struggle to understand the laws governing the universe..." 245450 1967 The Evolution of Physics total:95|5:45|4:26|3:21|2:3| 95 398 152 11 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:12:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:19:33 -0700 2009
They begin with basic mechanics and work their way through field physics, special and general relativity and then finally to quantum mechanics. Al...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 15:59:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:32:23 -0800 2009 polite! Written in 1938, apparently more by Infeld than by Einstein, it is exceedingly proper and therefore delightful, as well as thorough. It is a beautiful book, very clear and precise, and should be read by all armchair physicists with a serious hankering to understand relativi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 14:19:51 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 14:20:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 07 15:30:34 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 15:39:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 02 14:57:32 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 14:59:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 08 12:58:22 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 13:00:53 -0800 2007
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