Emc2, David Bodanis
Emc2, David Bodanis
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E=mc2
A Biography Of The World's Most Famous Equation

Author: David Bodanis

Narrator: Dan Cashman

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2002

Synopsis

E=mc2 was born in 1905, the brainchild of Albert Einstein.

In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts. Ranging widely from Exit signs in theatres to the future fate of the earth, from smoke detectors to black holes and the structure of the atom, David Bodanis delivers a scintillating and colourful account of the real meaning of E=mc2.

About The Author

David Bodanis taught intellectual history at the University of Oxford. He is the author of several books, including The Secret House and the bestselling E=mc2, which was translated into more than twenty languages. A native of Chicago, he lives in London. His website can be found at davidbodanis.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hari

To be honest, this book was good, but not as I expected, that it would be awesome; as I was longing to lay my hands on this books for nearly an year until I found this in my usual bookstore. And this is truly an amazing biography of the Equation, of which Dr.Einstein would have had only a moderate k......more

Goodreads review by Riku

A very well constructed story. Turned out to be of less scientific insight than I had hoped but was full of delightful historical factoids. Full review to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Gendou

This book is not what's advertised. It's mostly (counting pages) about the building of the first nuclear bomb. If you're into war history, you may like this book. If you want to learn about the equation E=mc^2, try reading a real science book. Which this is not. The author writes like an outsider loo......more

Quotes

“Bodanis’s account is exhilarating….This book filled me, once again, with delight at what numbers, together with a free-ranging intellect, can achieve. E=mc² is to be treasured because, in its small compass, it reveals so much of what makes science tick….a few more books like this and perhaps our policy makers will remember what science is about” —The Globe and Mail

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