Tuesday, April 30, 2013

e=Einstein by 24 people (I'm not going to list off)

For those interested in physics and science, here's a book that will intrigue you. Like they say on the back, "A group of contributors look at Albert Einstein the man, his accomplishments, and his impact today." That is exactly what this book is! 24 people contribute essays about the life of the great Einstein and his discoveries about the universe. Essays are about his time in Germany, expeditions, his dream, the time-space continuum, relativity, quantum physics, gravity, and the Big Bang. The introduction gives a brief overview of Einstein, and his most important discoveries. It then is divided into 4 parts, Einstein's life, Einstein's early science, Einstein's later science, and Einstein's enduring influence. Although it does have a slow and quite boring start, the concepts and subjects later in the book are amazing. This book really gives you sample of Einstein's thoughts. He really was an amazing person of the 20th century. His discoveries have lead us to a greater understanding of the universe, and they have also lead us to better technology and weapons. Without his idea about the splitting of an atom WWII might have gone on for a few more years. This book was amazing and I recommend  it to all who like this kind of science. It was great overall, but because of the boring start it could have been better. B+

1 comment:

Mrs. Jensen said...

I love that you chose such an unconventional book for your review. Well done.