The Practical Einstein
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1171-2 (ISBN)
While we may like the idea of Einstein as a genius besotted by extra dimensions and too out-of-this-world to wear socks, The Practical Einstein gives ample evidence that this characterization is both incomplete and an unfair representation of a man who sought to explore the intricacies of nature, whether in theory or in practice.
Jozsef Illy is a visiting senior editor with the Einstein Papers Project and a visiting associate in history at the California Institute of Technology. He is the editor of Albert Meets America: How Journalists Treated Genius during Einstein's 1921 Travels, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Preface
Introduction
1. Musings
The Flettner Ship
Why Do Rivers Meander?
2. Experiments
Michelson, Morley, and Eötvös Reinvented
The Mass of the Electron
Ampère's Molecular Currents
The Velocity of Gas Reactions
A Geodynamo Model?
Light: Waves or Particles?
Explaining Superconductivity
3. Expert Opinions
The Patent Office
Gyrocompasses
Mixing Tubes
Hebeluftschiff
Tungsten Wires for Incandescent Lamps
Triodes for Amplification
Sound Direction Ranging in Air and Water
Prospecting for Ore and Water from a Dirigible
Riveting Hammers and Pile Drivers
Production of High-Pressure Gases
"Electrophonic Piano"
Aerial Stereophotography
Magnetic Cores with Low Electric Conductivity
Telescope for Daylight Observations of Phenomena near the Sun
Makeup Mirror
Balanced Tapered Bearing Rollers
4. Europe an Inventions
The "Little Machine" (Maschinchen)
Planimeter
The Cat's Back Airfoil
Compasses for Land, Sea, and Air
Filtering Viruses
Refrigerators in a Row
Magnetostrictive Reproduction of Sound
Hearing Aid
5. American Inventions
Altimeter
Waterproof Breathable Clothes
Heat-Insulating Vessel
Liquid Filtering by Electrostatic Method
Automatic Correction of Measured Data
Airplane Horizon Indicator
Electrostatic Microphone
Fluid-Level Indicator
Light-Intensity Self-Adjusting Camera
Steel-Tape Recording
Aircraft Speedometer
Timer
On the Threshold of the Manhattan Project
Torpedoman Einstein
Notes
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.10.2013 |
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Zusatzinfo | 66 Halftones, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4214-1171-7 / 1421411717 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4214-1171-2 / 9781421411712 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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