Zurich, summer 1912. Albert Einstein has just returned from Prague to the city on the Limmat. He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel Grossmann (1878-1936), for he is in need of assistance with the mathematical calculations of his general theory of relativity. What then follows is one of the most fascinating chapters of science history, with far-reaching consequences for the lives of the two friends.
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Marcel Grossmann
For the Love of Mathematics
Graf-Grossmann, Claudia
Gebunden, xviii, 263 S.
XVIII, 263 p. 91 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Sprache: Englisch
235 mm
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-90076-6
Titelnr.: 68897268
Gewicht: 586 g
Springer, Berlin (2018)
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