Einstein's heroes : imagining the world through the language of mathematics
Robyn Arianrhod (Author)
Albert Einstein kept the portraits of three inspiring predecessors on his study wall: Sir Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell and Michael Faraday. This is the story of those three pioneers in the fundamental language of mathematics.-- Publishers
Biographies
317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
9781761281877, 1761281879
1355371889
A seamless intertwining
A reluctant revolutionary
Beetles, strings and sealing wax
The nature of physics
The language of physics
Why Newton held the world in thrall
Rites of passage
A fledgling physicist
Electromagnetic controversy
Mathematics as language
The magical synthesis of algebra and geometry
Maxwell's mathematical language
Maxwell's rainbow
Imagining the world with the language of mathematics : a revolution in physics