Albert Einstein With Profiles of Isaac Newton and J. Robert Oppenheimer (Biographical Connections) [#917889]

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English | January 1, 2007 | ISBN: 0716618257 | 112 pages | PDF | 4.82 Mb
This volume features three scientists, centered around the work ofGerman-born physicist Albert Einstein, who created revolutionarytheories of physics during the early 1900's that transformed ourunderstanding of nature and led to countless technologicalbreakthroughs. Einstein's theories expanded on the classicalfoundation of physics laid in the late 1600's by the English scientistIsaac Newton, whose profile precedes Einstein's biography in thisvolume. The American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer built uponEinstein's work in the realms of both scientific theory andtechnology. During the 1930's and 1940's, Oppenheimer usedconcepts from Einstein's theories of relativity to predict the existenceof black holes and to lead a project that developed the first atomicbomb. Black holes are invisible regions of space in which thegravitational force is so strong that not even light can escape fromthem. Oppenheimer's profile follows Einstein's biography in thisvolume.