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The everything Einstein book : from matter and energy to space and time, all you need to understand the man and his theories / Shana Priwer and Cynthia Phillips.

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ISBN	158062961X
Name	Priwer, Shana
Title	The everything Einstein book : from matter and energy to space and time, all you need to understand the man and his theories / Shana Priwer and Cynthia Phillips.
Published	Avon, Mass. : Adams Media Corp., c2003.
Description	xii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Contents	Why Einstein? -- Early life -- Scientific and cultural background of Einstein's time -- Education and later life -- The photoelectric effect -- Special relativity -- Energy and mass -- Other major early papers -- Einstein's contemporaries -- Background on the general theory of relativity -- Einstein in Berlin.
Subjects	Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955
	Physicists -- Biography
	Relativity (Physics)
Other Names	Phillips, Cynthia, 1973-
Series	Everything series
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955 . Physicists -- Biography . Relativity (Physics) . See Also: General relativity (Physics) . Gravitation . Quantum theory . Space and time . Unified field theories . Authors: Phillips, Cynthia, 1973- . Priwer, Shana . Series: Everything series .