{"product_id":"9780241985618","title":"Einstein's War : How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Deeply researched and profoundly absorbing . . . Matthew Stanley traces one of the greatest epics of scientific history . . . An amazing story' Michael Frayn, author of Tony Award-winning Copenhagen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEinstein's name is now synonymous with 'genius', but it was not an easy road. He spent a decade creating relativity and his ascent to global celebrity owed much to against-the-odds international collaboration, including Eddington's globe-spanning expedition of 1919 - two years before they finally met. We usually think of scientific discovery as a flash of individual inspiration, but here we see it is the result of hard work, gambles and wrong turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEinstein's War is a celebration of what science can offer when bigotry and nationalism are defeated. Using previously unknown sources and written like a thriller, it shows relativity being built brick-by-brick in front of us, as it happened 100 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Riveting . . . Stanley lets us share the excitement a hundred years later in this entertaining and gripping book. It's a must read if you ever wondered how Einstein became 'Einstein'' Manjit Kumar, author of Quantum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904216199477,"sku":"EB_HI0300_J13-05_DUBAI","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9780241985618-1.jpg?v=1789400531","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ar\/products\/9780241985618","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}