Samuel Tolver Preston: FATHER OF E = mc2, THE ATOMIC BOMB AND ATOMIC ENERGY

by Christopher Jon Bjerknes

Though commonly associated with the name Albert Einstein, Samuel Tolver Preston published the formula E = mc2 in 1875, four years before Einstein was born. Unlike Einstein, Preston fully grasped the significance of the tremendous store of energy the equation represents. He engineered machines to take advantage of the energy source, including the atomic bomb. In 1875, Samuel Tolver Preston calculated the mass-energy equivalence with the equation E...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1718859570
• ISBN13: 9781718859579
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"