Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time

Galison, Peter

ISBN 10: 0393020010 / ISBN 13: 9780393020014

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

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Synopsis:

Traces the birth of modern twentieth-century science through the work of German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and Henri Poincarâe, a mathematician responsible for mapping time coordinates across continents.

Review: "Galison provides a unique and enlightening view on the origin of time as we know it in the modern age."

Few books have ever made Einstein's work more accessible or more engrossing for general readers. "

This is how twentieth-century science really began....Engaging, original, and absolutely brilliant.--James Gleick

An easy-reading but penetrating book. [Galison] brings the story of time to life as a story of wires and rails, precision maps, and imperial ambitions, as well as a story of physics and philosophy.

Galison provides a unique and enlightening view on the origin of time as we know it in the modern age.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: very_good