Einstein - The Joy of Thinking

Author: (French) Baliber
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: In 1905, three papers were published in the renowned professional journal Annals of Physics, proposing a completely new topic: a new equation in the emerging theory of special relativity, authored by a 26-year-old young man, Albert Einstein, a junior clerk at the Bern Patent Office. Fifteen years later, experiments confirmed this theory, and astronomers verified relativity, ushering in one of the greatest myths of the 20th century. The author retraces the life journey of a special individual, whose life was only influenced by one maxim: "The joy of thinking." This book includes: Understanding and Passion; The Crisis of Physics; The Miraculous Year 1905; Matter, Time, Space; Leveraging Fame; The Solitary Elder; Einstein's Legacy. In 1905, three papers were published in the renowned professional journal Annals of Physics, proposing a completely new topic: a new equation in the emerging theory of special relativity, authored by a 26-year-old young man, Albert Einstein, a junior clerk at the Bern Patent Office. Fifteen years later, experiments confirmed this theory, and astronomers verified relativity, ushering in one of the greatest myths of the 20th century. The author retraces the life journey of a special individual, whose life was only influenced by one maxim: "The joy of thinking."