Einstein’s Cosmos
How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time
W.W. Norton & Co., April 2004
The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein’s career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revolution in science—the paper that announced the theory of special relativity. And there’s no better short book that explains just what Einstein did than Einstein’s Cosmos. Keying Einstein’s crucial discoveries to the simple mental images that inspired them, Michio Kaku finds a revealing new way to discuss these ideas, and delivers an appealing and always accessible introduction to Einstein’s work.
“An accessible and concise summary of Einstein’s life and thought.”
– Chet Raymo, Toronto Globe and Mail
“Kaku enables the reader to see and think as Einstein did, leading us to a simpler, more complete understanding.”