E=mc2

Explore the insightful linkage between energy and mass in this engaging book that pays homage to Einstein's groundbreaking formulation of E=mc². With a balance between writerly energy and scholarly weight, David Bodanis offers a primer in modern physics and cosmology that highlights the contributions of predecessors such as Maxwell, Faraday, and Lavoisier. Bodanis explores the circumstances that led to Einstein's revolutionary theory, including his background and character, which combined with his intelligence to afford him an idiosyncratic view of the way things work. Experience a vision of the universe as an expression of mass that will one day slide back to the energy side of the equation, replacing the "dominion of matter" with "a great stillness" in the distant future.