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Didn’t Like It “This book worked reasonably well as a pop-psychology history book, but it struck me as really rather bad at explaining the origin of the equation. It didn't talk about the search for the ether, and it made it seem like the process of coming up with the equation was akin to selecting a suitable...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“its good buould be a little boring for those of you who dont like non fiction books”
austin a wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I discovered this book from a PBS show. I found it wonderful to read and find out how the works of others were able to add to the genius of Albert Einstien.”
Jason W wrote this review Friday, December 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent introduction to relativity theory and it's applications for the non-physicist.”
Doug wrote this review Monday, November 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very readable history & explanation of the formula we all know, and don't know.”
Bill P wrote this review Monday, October 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is very complicated and confusing at sometimes but the facts and information is great. The dates are a little to much i think the dates through me off the most.”
Travis W wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“ A great book ! I read it on holidays in the hills of Tuscany - and was imaginating Galilei who tried to measure the speed of light on the hills. Fascinating to learn how the speed of light was measured and predicted. Original approach towards explanation of the equation..
tom b wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
”“This book worked reasonably well as a pop-psychology history book, but it struck me as really rather bad at explaining the origin of the equation. It didn't talk about the search for the ether, and it made it seem like the process of coming up with the equation was akin to selecting a suitable outfit, where one looked at the various terms possible and chose those that would look good together, rather than working from set principles to derive the equations. The latter half of the book became better, but the beginning was bad. How can you explain the derivation of special relativity without even looking at the Michelson Morley experiment?”
A P S wrote this review Thursday, January 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I think this is a real good read.....historical,if u r a bit of a history buff. Talks simplistically and in an organised way about the equation and little else.Real life analogies will help relate to parts of Einstein's equation. Reminded me a bit of Simon Singh's writing style-am not complaining:)
Srivani Sistla wrote this review Tuesday, December 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Warning- don't approach it as a geeky book.”
“A very geeky read - the study of an equation. Not for everyone!”
Mark wrote this review Thursday, November 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
