Einstein: The Formative Years, 1879 - 1909
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2000
Book
Hardback
XII, 258 pages
978-0-8176-4030-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book, for a broad readership, examines the young Einstein from a variety of perspectives - personal, scientific, historical, and philosophical.
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Series
Edition
1., 994
Language
English
Place of publication
Secaucus
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 258 p.
9 halftone illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8176-4030-9 (9780817640309)
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Einstein the Formative Years, 1879-1909
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Content
1. Introduction to "Einstein: The Formative Years", John Stachel *
2. The Mysteries and Wonders of Natural Science: Aaron Bernstein's
Naturwissenschaftliche Volksb=81cher and the Adolescent Einstein,
Frederick Gregory * 3. The Young Einstein's Physics Education: H.F.
Weber, Hermann von Helmholtz, and the Zurich Polytechnic Physics
Instititue, David Cahan * 4. Kant's Impact on Einstein's Thought,
Mara Beller * 5. Einstein's Controversy with Drude and the Origin of
Statistical Mechanics: A New Glimpse from the "Love Letters", Juergen
Renn * 6. Physical Approximations and Stochastic Processes in
Einstein's 1905 Paper on Brownian Motion, Sahotra Sarkar * 7. The
Construction of the Special Theory: Some Queries and Considerations,
Robert Rynasiewicz * 8. Einstein's Light Quantum Hypothesis: Or Why
Didn't Einstein Propose a Quantum Gas a Decade-and-a-Half Earlier?,
John Stachel * Index
2. The Mysteries and Wonders of Natural Science: Aaron Bernstein's
Naturwissenschaftliche Volksb=81cher and the Adolescent Einstein,
Frederick Gregory * 3. The Young Einstein's Physics Education: H.F.
Weber, Hermann von Helmholtz, and the Zurich Polytechnic Physics
Instititue, David Cahan * 4. Kant's Impact on Einstein's Thought,
Mara Beller * 5. Einstein's Controversy with Drude and the Origin of
Statistical Mechanics: A New Glimpse from the "Love Letters", Juergen
Renn * 6. Physical Approximations and Stochastic Processes in
Einstein's 1905 Paper on Brownian Motion, Sahotra Sarkar * 7. The
Construction of the Special Theory: Some Queries and Considerations,
Robert Rynasiewicz * 8. Einstein's Light Quantum Hypothesis: Or Why
Didn't Einstein Propose a Quantum Gas a Decade-and-a-Half Earlier?,
John Stachel * Index