God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe

Author: (USA) Amir D. Aczel
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: "God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe" is another masterpiece by internationally renowned mathematician Amir D. Aczel, following his book "Fermat's Enigma." If Aczel transformed dry and complex mathematical knowledge into something easily understandable in "Fermat's Enigma," then this book, which delves into knowledge and the lives of scientists, "God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe," is equally outstanding and engaging. In this book, rich in historical facts and written through exchanges and discussions with numerous renowned scholars and experts, Aczel allows Einstein and his theories to explain the new developments in cosmology, the study of the universe's nature, and elaborates on the connection established between cosmology and relativity due to Einstein's "cosmological constant." The book also reveals the rarely explored human side of Einstein and discloses some letters of Einstein from private collections. These letters paint a new perspective on Einstein's relationships with other scientists, including his early efforts to prove his revolutionary theory that strong gravity would bend light.