Einstein's Century Project – The Story of a Formula
Albert Einstein turned classical physics on its head with his search for a new theory of gravitation.
Since the days of Newton it had been generally assumed that time always travelled at the same speed, but Einstein changed all that and the consequences of his research are still of prime concern to scientists today. His theories are also integral to our daily lives, underlying many things we can no longer imagine doing without, such as GPS navigation.
Thomas Bührke presents the main aspects of Einstein's theories of relativity –without getting bogged down in the maths! – tracing their development all the way up to the current state of knowledge. He describes Einstein’s friends and foes and discusses the reverberations of his breathtaking new theories in literature and art. The book is rounded off by brief interviews with contemporary luminaries.
- Thomas Bührke is supremely skilled at communicating highly complex issues in an entertaining and comprehensible way
Thomas Bührke
Dr. Thomas Bührke, born in 1956, works as a freelance science journalist. In 2005, the Einstein anniversary year, Thomas Buehrke received the Roelin-Award for scientific journalism. This award by the Max-Planck-Insitut is meant to honor the successful presentation of complex scientific content to a broad public. In 2013, he was awarded with the Journalism Medal by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.
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