A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers focuses on Einstein's contributions, setting his major works into their historical context, and then takes the reader through the details of each paper, including the mathematics. This book helps the reader appreciate the simplicity and insightfulness of Einstein's ideas and how revolutionary his work was, and locate it in the evolution of scientific thought begun by the ancient Greek natural philosophers.
The book consists of short essays and journal extracts from reliable sources, covering a variety of relevant topics such as stereotyping and social trends. The book also goes into detail of more complex areas of the subject, and explains its meanings in a simplistic manner. Each section of the book ends with several questions to test whether the reader has fully understood the information provided.
A scientific expedition sets out to explore a plateau in South America that remains frozen in time from the days when prehistoric creatures roamed the Earth. This classic tale still excites the reader today just as dinosaurs continue to grip the popular imagination.