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Annus mirabilis : 1905, Albert Einstein, and the theory of relativity / John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin.
Van Pelt Library QC16.E5 G73 2005 1 v. + DVD
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gribbin, John, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- United States.
- Relativity (Physics).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 videodisc (45 min. : sound, color with black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Other Title:
- Title of accompanying videodisc: Albert Einstein
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Chamberlain Bros., [2005]
- System Details:
- System requirements for accompanying videodisc: DVD player.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In 1905, Albert Einstein had quit university life, failed as a teacher, and took a job as a patent office expert third class. On his second marriage, with a new-born child in hand, Einstein embarked on a remarkable journey of discovery. 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein's three papers which were the basis for the Theory of Relativity, and that are referred to in the science community as the Annus Mirabilis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133).
- Accompanying DVD produced in 2004 by ITN Factual Ltd. for A&E Television Networks; produced and directed by Steve Carroll; camera, Walter Graff ... [et al.]; editors, Mike Duxbury, Todd Dalton; narrator, David Rintoul; music composer, Fayyaz Virji. Originally aired as a segment of the television program Biography.
- ISBN:
- 1596091444
- OCLC:
- 57414676
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