{"product_id":"einsteins-miraculous-year-five-papers-that-changed-the-face-of-physics-9780691122281","title":"Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive extraordinary papers by Albert Einstein that transformed physics, edited and introduced by John Stachel and with a foreword by Nobel laureate Roger Penrose \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 1905, Einstein's miraculous year, physics would never be the same again. In those twelve months, Einstein shattered many cherished scientific beliefs with five extraordinary papers that would establish him as the world's leading physicist. This book brings those papers together in an accessible format. The best-known papers are the two that founded special relativity: \u003ci\u003eOn the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDoes the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content?\u003c\/i\u003e In the former, Einstein showed that absolute time had to be replaced by a new absolute: the speed of light. In the second, he asserted the equivalence of mass and energy, which would lead to the famous formula \u003ci\u003eE = mc2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe book also includes \u003ci\u003eOn a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Einstein challenged the wave theory of light, suggesting that light could also be regarded as a collection of particles. This helped to open the door to a whole new world--that of quantum physics. For ideas in this paper, he won the Nobel Prize in 1921. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourth paper also led to a Nobel Prize, although for another scientist, Jean Perrin. \u003ci\u003eOn the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the Brownian motion of such particles. With profound insight, Einstein blended ideas from kinetic theory and classical hydrodynamics to derive an equation for the mean free path of such particles as a function of the time, which Perrin confirmed experimentally. The fifth paper, \u003ci\u003eA New Determination of Molecular Dimensions\u003c\/i\u003e, was Einstein's doctoral dissertation, and remains among his most cited articles. It shows how to calculate Avogadro's number and the size of molecules. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese papers, presented in a modern English translation, are essential reading for any physicist, mathematician, or astrophysicist. Far more than just a collection of scientific articles, this book presents work that is among the high points of human achievement and marks a watershed in the history of science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCoinciding with the 100th anniversary of the miraculous year, this new paperback edition includes an introduction by John Stachel, which focuses on the personal aspects of Einstein's youth that facilitated and led up to the miraculous year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Einstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.58w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691122281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Stachel\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Physics Emeritus at Boston University, where he directs the Center for Einstein Studies. \u003cb\u003eRoger Penrose\u003c\/b\u003e is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the bestselling author, with Stephen Hawking, of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Space and Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). He is the Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40628611055731,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":62.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dc0fd232-165f-4b0b-86de-4ea4abc942b3.jpg?v=1671114745","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/einsteins-miraculous-year-five-papers-that-changed-the-face-of-physics-9780691122281","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}