E=mc2

A Biography Of The World's Most Famous Equation

By: David Bodanis

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

E=mc2 was born in 1905, the brainchild of Albert Einstein.



In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts. Ranging widely from Exit signs in theatres to the future fate of the earth, from smoke detectors to black holes and the structure of the atom, David Bodanis delivers a scintillating and colourful account of the real meaning of E=mc2.Executive Producer: Karen DiMattia
©2000 David Bodanis
(P)2002 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Bodanis’s account is exhilarating….This book filled me, once again, with delight at what numbers, together with a free-ranging intellect, can achieve. E=mc² is to be treasured because, in its small compass, it reveals so much of what makes science tick….a few more books like this and perhaps our policy makers will remember what science is about” —The Globe and Mail

A good introduction

A good introduction to that famous formula and related concepts. After listening to this, if you want more science for the layman you want to listen to the excellent "The Fabric of the Cosmos".

Cashman and Bodanis score!

Narrator Dan Cashman chalks up another win as one of the finest in the field. Team Dan up with a good writer like Bodanis and you have an enjoyable and educational experience. This is what audiobooks are all about.

The genre known as "pop" science often gets unfair treatment by professionals. Members of the scientific community forget it is OK to be entertained while learning. This audio program will not earn you a doctorate in physics but will stimulate your mind more than John Stossel ever could.

Excellent!

A great book, with great pacing and great structure. Truly worth a listen.

Entertaining too!

As entertaining as it is enlightening. A thoroughly enjoyable experience, and well-read by the narrator. I now have a greater understanding of the bomb, nuclear power, fusion vs fission, and insights into the people who brought forth the new physics.

Almost Understand It-Sort Of

If Einstein had only discovered that E=M, I would be happy. But how did he make the fantastic leap of understanding that required the square of light speed? And why? Mr. Bodanis does a nice job of linking the scientists and their key discoveries that laid the foundation of Einstien's incredible equation. I think I finally, almost, sort-of, begin to understand it ... maybe. The fun is in the discovery.