Einstein and Relativity (Big Idea)

Atamomentofgreatdiscovery,oneBigIdeacanchangetheworld...E=mc2istheworld'smostfamousequation,butwhatdoesitmeanandwhywereEinstein'stheoriessogroundbreaking?Einstein'srevolutionarypapersonhisTheoriesofRelativitychangedmankind'sviewoftheworldanduniverseforever,establishinghimasoneofourgreatestscientificminds-butwhenhedied,heconsideredhimselfafailure."EinsteinandRelativity"tellsthegrippingstoryofEinstein'searlylife(inwhichhefailedallsubjectsexceptmathsandphysics)throughtohismostimportantresearch.AfterpublishinghistwoinnovativeTheoriesofRelativity,hethenwastedovertwodecadessearchingforacomprehensivetheory,incontradictiontohispreviouswork."TheBigIdea:EinsteinandRelativity"isaccessibleandabsorbing,placingEinstein'slifeandworkintothecontextofscienceup-tothatpointanddistillinghiscomplextheoriesintobite-sizepiecesforanyoneandeveryone."TheBigIdea"seriesisafascinatinglookatthegreatestadvancesinourscientifichistory,andatthemenandwomenwhomadethesefundamentalbreakthroughs.