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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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  • "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
Work
Publication
Extent
xix, 394 p.
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
Isbn
9780393062939
Instance
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
Creator
Subject
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
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Ohanian, Hans C
Dewey number
530.09
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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True
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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
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Publication
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
Publication
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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