The Resource Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius, Hans C. Ohanian
Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius, Hans C. Ohanian
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- Summary
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- "Although Einstein was the greatest genius of the twentieth century, many of his groundbreaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious errors in mathematics to bad misconceptions in physics and failures to grasp the subtleties of his own creations. This forensic biography dissects Einstein's scientific mistakes and places them in the context of his turbulent life and times. In lively, accessible prose, Hans C. Ohanian paints a fresh, insightful portrait of the real Einstein at work, in contrast to the uncritical celebrity worship found in many biographies."
- "Of the approximately 180 original scientific papers that Einstein published in his lifetime, about 40 are infested with mistakes. For instance, Einstein's first mathematical proof of the famous formula E = mc[superscript 2] was incomplete and only approximately valid; he struggled with this problem for many years, but he never found a complete proof (better mathematicians did). Einstein was often in the grip of irrational and mystical inspirations, but his extraordinary intuition about physics nonetheless permitted him to discover profound truths despite - and sometimes because of - the mistakes he made along the way." "As this book persuasively argues the defining hallmark of Einstein's genius was not any special mathematical ability but an uncanny talent for using his mistakes as stepping stones to formulate his revolutionary theories."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Contents
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- Chronology of Einstein's mistakes
- I will resign the game
- A lovely time in Berne
- And yet it moves
- If I have seen farther
- A storm broke loose in my mind
- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies
- What is the light quantum?
- The argument is jolly and beguiling
- Suddenly I had an idea
- The theory is of incomparable beauty
- The world is a madhouse
- Does God play dice?
- The graveyard of disappointed hopes
- Post-mortem
- Isbn
- 9780393062939
- Label
- Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius
- Title
- Einstein's mistakes
- Title remainder
- the human failings of genius
- Statement of responsibility
- Hans C. Ohanian
- Title variation
- Einsteins mistakes
- Title variation remainder
- the human failings of genius
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Although Einstein was the greatest genius of the twentieth century, many of his groundbreaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious errors in mathematics to bad misconceptions in physics and failures to grasp the subtleties of his own creations. This forensic biography dissects Einstein's scientific mistakes and places them in the context of his turbulent life and times. In lively, accessible prose, Hans C. Ohanian paints a fresh, insightful portrait of the real Einstein at work, in contrast to the uncritical celebrity worship found in many biographies."
- "Of the approximately 180 original scientific papers that Einstein published in his lifetime, about 40 are infested with mistakes. For instance, Einstein's first mathematical proof of the famous formula E = mc[superscript 2] was incomplete and only approximately valid; he struggled with this problem for many years, but he never found a complete proof (better mathematicians did). Einstein was often in the grip of irrational and mystical inspirations, but his extraordinary intuition about physics nonetheless permitted him to discover profound truths despite - and sometimes because of - the mistakes he made along the way." "As this book persuasively argues the defining hallmark of Einstein's genius was not any special mathematical ability but an uncanny talent for using his mistakes as stepping stones to formulate his revolutionary theories."--BOOK JACKET
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- 275100
- Cataloging source
- NHOM
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- Ohanian, Hans C
- Dewey number
- 530.09
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Einstein, Albert
- Physics
- Physics
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- the human failings of genius
- Label
- Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius, Hans C. Ohanian
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Chronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? -- The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Post-mortem
- Control code
- 000042877011
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393062939
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008013155
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius, Hans C. Ohanian
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Chronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? -- The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Post-mortem
- Control code
- 000042877011
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393062939
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008013155
- Other physical details
- ill.
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