God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
by Amir D. Aczel
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"The product of research around the globe - and interviews with dozens of prominent scientists, God's Equation discusses the latest developments in cosmology, the study of the nature of the universe. Using Einstein and his theories to explain the links between relativity and cosmology via Einstein's "cosmological constant," Aczel tells us it is almost as though Einstein were God's mouthpiece, revealing the most fundamental truths about our larger environment, truths scientists are just now show more confirming." "And yet Aczel reveals a side of Einstein - the man - no one else has brought to light. Aczel is the first to have translated certain letters of Einstein, in private hands until recently. These letters cast a new spin on Einstein's relationship with other scientists and his early efforts to prove his revolutionary theory that a strong gravitational force will make light bend."--Jacket. show lessTags
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The Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as "Einstein's equations") are the set of 10 equations in Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity that describes the fundamental interaction of gravitation as a result of spacetime being curved by matter and energy. The Einstein field equations (EFE) may be written in the form:
This is, basically, "God's Equation" here and the history of its development. As such, it is a biography of Einstein, including some very human revelation about Einstein's ability to use people and be self-promoting. The main scientific advancements in the prelude to the field equations are special and general relativity developed in fits and starts revealed in Einstein's notebooks against the backdrop of WW I show more emerging and challenges to using eclipses to get validation of gravitational theories. show less
This is, basically, "God's Equation" here and the history of its development. As such, it is a biography of Einstein, including some very human revelation about Einstein's ability to use people and be self-promoting. The main scientific advancements in the prelude to the field equations are special and general relativity developed in fits and starts revealed in Einstein's notebooks against the backdrop of WW I show more emerging and challenges to using eclipses to get validation of gravitational theories. show less
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Letto a Jericocoara, non scherziamo, un bel libro su Einstein. Il sottotitolo ed il titolo incutono timore. L’equazione di Dio è una formula? E Dio accetta che qualche uomo possa risolvere la sua equazione? E poi matematica, fisica, chimica; di cosa parla esattamente questo libro? E invece no. In pratica, sintesi estrema, è una biografia, diversa, di Einstein. Aczel, matematico di livello internazionale, depone la toga professorale ed indossa i vestiti del divulgatore. Con un buon risultato. Manca la, consueta per molti, vedi famiglia Angela, mitragliata di certezze tipiche di molti divulgatori. Il racconto che si si svolge tra la Germania e Fuchal, tra Camucin e l’Ungheria, è lineare. Parla della formula della relatività, show more raccontando le difficoltà che trovò per affermare teorie allora indimostrabili. Parla del rapporto tra lo scienziato tedesco e gli astronomi, i matematici. La relatività guarda lontano, su su, molto in su. Romane, onestamente, un senso di fastidio nei confronti proprio di Einstein. Non si mette in dubbio, per carità, il valore scientifico. Ma si comprende che l’attribuzione di meriti, diciamo, praticamente dovuti si trasformano nei consueti tributi al vincitore. Una bella lettura. show less
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Amir D. Aczel was born in Haifa, Israel on November 6, 1950. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and a doctorate in decision sciences from the business school at the University of Oregon. He taught at several universities during his lifetime including the University of Alaska and show more Bentley College. His first book, Complete Business Statistics, was published in 1989 and went through eight editions. His other books include How to Beat the I.R.S. at Its Own Game: Strategies to Avoid - and Fight - an Audit; Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem; The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity; The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World; Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics; and Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers. He died from cancer on November 26, 2015 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
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- God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
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- 1999
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- Albert Einstein
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- English
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