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Einstein's Universe : Gravity at Work and Play by Anthony Zee is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Einstein's Universe : Gravity at Work and Play about?

On Albert Einstein's seventy-sixth and final birthday, a friend gave him a simple toy made from a broomstick, a brass ball attached to a length of string, and a weak spring. Einstein was delighted: the toy worked on a principle he had conceived fifty years earlier when he was working on his revolutionary theory of gravity--a principle whose implications are still confounding physicists today. Starting with this winning anecdote, Anthony Zee begins his animated discussion of phenomena ranging from the emergence of galaxies to the curvature of space-time, evidence for the existence of gravity waves, and the shape of the universe in the first nanoseconds of creation and today. Making complex ideas accessible without oversimplifying, Zee leads the reader through the implications of Einstein's theory and its influence on modern physics. His playful and lucid style conveys the excitement of some of the latest developments in physics, and his new Afterword brings things even further up-to-date.

Who reads Einstein's Universe : Gravity at Work and Play?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Anthony Zee
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780195142853
Category
science
Subjects
Fiction, Reference, Physics
Rating
4.1 / 5 (21 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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