Einstein and the Birth of Big Science

Peter Coles1840461837, 9781840461831

Einstein is a ‘pop’ totem, the Marilyn Monroe of science.

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Table of contents :
The Age of Big Science……Page 4
Universal Gravitation……Page 6
The Einstein Revolution……Page 9
Thought Experiment (1)……Page 12
The Principle of Equivalence……Page 15
Thought Experiment (2)……Page 16
The General Theory of Relativity……Page 19
The Bending of Light……Page 21
Newton and Soldner……Page 27
The Anatomy of an Eclipse……Page 34
A Crucial Correction……Page 40
Eddington and the Expeditions……Page 42
Measurement and Error……Page 47
Results and Reaction……Page 52
Einstein the Icon……Page 57
The Press, Science, andTruth……Page 62
Further Reading……Page 68
Curved Space……Page 70
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity……Page 71
Newtonian Mechanics……Page 72
Types of Eclipse……Page 73