Loving Faster Than Light: Romance and Readers in Einstein's Universe

by Katy Price

In November 1919, newspapers around the world alerted readers to a sensational new theory of the universe: Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Coming at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval, Einstein's theory quickly became a rich cultural resource with many uses beyond physical theory. Media coverage of relativity in Britain took on qualities of pastiche and parody, as serious attempts to evaluate Einstein's theory jostled with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226680738
• ISBN13: 9780226680736
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"