A Student’s Guide to Einstein’s Major Papers 1st Edition by Robert E Kennedy (PDF)

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Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century – evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the modern physics of relativity and quantum mechanics.The dominant figure in this revolutionary change was Albert Einstein. In a single year, 1905, Einstein produced breakthrough works in three areas of physics: on the size and the effects of atoms; on the quantization of the electromagnetic field; and on the special theory of relativity. In 1916 he produced a fourth breakthrough work, the general theory of relativity. A Student’s Guide to Einstein’s Major Papers focuses on Einstein’s contributions, setting his major works into their historical context, and then takes the reader through the details of each paper, including the mathematics. This book helps the reader appreciate the simplicity and insightfulness of Einstein’s ideas and how revolutionary his work was, and locate it in the evolution of scientific thought begun by the ancient Greek natural philosophers.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “For instructors who choose to expose their students to Einstein’s scientific articles, Robert E. Kennedy’s A Student’s Guide to Einstein’s Major Papers will be a welcome supplement.” — Physics Today About the Author Dr. Kennedy received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1966, and since 1966 has been a professor in the Department of Physics at Creighton University. Dr. Kennedy has taught physics at Creighton University for over forty years, and has developed a number of courses based on the works of Albert Einstein, beginning in the 1970s with a request from the college to develop a “non-threatening” science course for the non-science majors. In 2008 Creighton University awarded to Dr. Kennedy the designation of Professor Emeritus and of Dean Emeritus.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Carefully reviews the papers of Einstein, showing what they were writen for and what they were actually taken to mean and effect.

⭐Finally, an affordable compendium to some of the most amazing thinking in centuries of physics. It is really worth owning, even for the amateur enthusiast.

⭐The book by R.E. Kennedy: A Students Guide …” relates the “Major Papers” of Einstein to the knowledge and the views in the times they were created, and it provides an exciting insight and a depth of understanding of the achievements. It triggers new thoughts and it could well also be considered as “A Teacher’s Guide …” , perhaps even as “A Philosopher’s Guide … “. It explains the great lines of thought as well as some of the details of mathematics which Einstein tacitly assumend to be understood by his readers. It is just marvelous.

⭐Good Book!

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