This is an engaging and accessible explanation of Einstein's equation that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation. Breaking down the symbols thems...
This is an engaging and accessible explanation of Einstein's equation that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation. Breaking down the symbols themselves, they pose a series of questions: What is energy? What is mass? What has the speed of light got to do with energy and mass? In answering these questions, they take us to the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted. Lying beneath the city of Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss boarder, is a 27 km particle accelerator, known as the Large Hadron Collider. Using this gigantic machine - which can recreate conditions in the early Universe fractions of a second after the Big Bang - Cox and Forshaw will describe the current theory behind the origin of mass. Alongside questions of energy and mass, they will consider the third, and perhaps, most intriguing element of the equation: 'c' - or the speed of light. Why is it that the speed of light is the exchange rate? Answering this question is at the heart of the investigation as the authors demonstrate how, in order to truly understand why E=mc2, we first must understand why we must move forward in time and not backwards and how objects in our 3-dimensional world actually move in 4-dimensional space-time. In other words, how the very fabric of our world is constructed. A collaboration between two of the youngest professors in the UK, "Why Does E=MC2?" promises to be one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity in recent years.
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0 有用 薄荷味桔子水儿 2014-05-31 09:18:15
如果真的面对入门级选手，看Einstein' Dreams更容易理解。不过就冲着Brian Cox教授，此书还是值得翻阅的。读的时候，好像就能够完全听到他的声音在旁边讲解。此书有音频版，相信不会让喜欢Cox教授的朋友失望。
0 有用 小花虎 2021-04-10 17:41:20
咋说呢，为了避免使用数学而用了大量比喻，前半部分还好，中间有点不知所云，后面很突兀就结尾了
0 有用 小花虎 2021-04-10 17:41:20
咋说呢，为了避免使用数学而用了大量比喻，前半部分还好，中间有点不知所云，后面很突兀就结尾了
0 有用 薄荷味桔子水儿 2014-05-31 09:18:15
如果真的面对入门级选手，看Einstein' Dreams更容易理解。不过就冲着Brian Cox教授，此书还是值得翻阅的。读的时候，好像就能够完全听到他的声音在旁边讲解。此书有音频版，相信不会让喜欢Cox教授的朋友失望。