Matthew Stanley
Einstein's War: How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World
Einstein's War: How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World
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Matthew Stanley's book "Einstein's War" tells the story of how the theory of general relativity was developed by Einstein and his team, despite opposition from the scientific community. It was a result of hard work, collaboration, and gambles, and shows how science can offer hope and progress even in the face of bigotry and nationalism.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 08 October 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Deeply researched and profoundly absorbing, Matthew Stanley's Einstein's War is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest epics of scientific history. An amazing story, Michael Frayn, author of the Tony Award-winning Copenhagen, writes: "In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then, Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown. Einstein's name is now synonymous with genius, but it was not an easy road. He spent a decade creating relativity and his ascent to global celebrity owed much to against-the-odds international collaboration, including Eddington's globe-spanning expedition of 1919, two years before they finally met. We usually think of scientific discovery as a flash of individual inspiration, but here we see it is the result of hard work, gambles, and wrong turns. Einstein's War is a celebration of what science can offer when bigotry and nationalism are defeated. Using previously unknown sources and written like a thriller, it shows relativity being built brick-by-brick in front of us, as it happened 100 years ago. Riveting, Stanley lets us share the excitement a hundred years later in this entertaining and gripping book. It is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered how Einstein became Einstein.
Weight: 280g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241985618
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