Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius (Repost)
Hans C. Ohanian, "Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius"
2009 | pages: 416 | ISBN: 0393337685 | EPUB | 0,8 mb
2009 | pages: 416 | ISBN: 0393337685 | EPUB | 0,8 mb
This book is a forensic biography that dissects Einstein’s scientific mistakes. It deals only tangentially with the mistakes in his personal life, which have already been sufficiently exposed by some of his biographers. And it does not deal at all with the mistakes that misguided souls imagine they perceive in his theories of special and general relativity. It focuses, instead, on the missteps that Einstein made in his search for his theories and the misconceptions he had about some of the subtleties of his own creations. These mistakes in his scientific work are less well known than the mistakes in his personal life, but they are ultimately more important. As Einstein himself said, “What is essential in the life of a man of my kind lies in what he thinks and how he thinks, not in what he does or suffers.”
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