Einstein's Other Theory: The Planck-Bose-Einstein Theory of Heat Capacity

by Donald W. Rogers

Einstein's theories of relativity piqued public curiosity more than any other mathematical concepts since the time of Isaac Newton. Scientists and non-scientists alike struggled, not so much to grasp as to believe the weird predictions of relativity theory--shrinking space ships, bending light beams, and the like. People all over the world watched with fascination as Einstein's predictions were relentlessly and unequivocally verified by a hundred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691118264
• ISBN13: 9780691118260
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

How matter hides energy

This excellent book describes why different materials absorbing the same amount of heat increase temperature by greatly different amounts. Einsteins greatest contribution to understanding our material world.