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God's Equation

Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe

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 Are we on the verge of solving the riddle of creation using Einstein's "greatest blunder"?

In a work that is at once lucid, exhilarating and profound, renowned mathematician Dr. Amir Aczel, critically acclaimed author of Fermat's Last Theorem, takes us into the heart of science's greatest mystery.

In January 1998, astronomers found evidence that the cosmos is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. The way we perceive the universe was changed forever. The most compelling theory cosmologists could find to explain this phenomenon was Einstein's cosmological constant, a theory he conceived--and rejected---over eighty years ago.

Drawing on newly discovered letters of Einstein--many translated here for the first time--years of research, and interviews with prominent mathematicians, cosmologists, physicists, and astronomers, Aczel takes us on a fascinating journey into "the strange geometry of space-time," and into the mind of a genius. Here the unthinkable becomes real: an infinite, ever-expanding, ever-accelerating universe whose only absolute is the speed of light.

Awesome in scope, thrilling in detail, God's Equation is storytelling at its finest.Executive Producer: Orli Moscowitz
Producer: Lisa Cahn
Jacket design: Julie Metz
Cover photo of Albert Einstein © Corbis-Bettmann
Author photo: Debra Aczel
©1999 Amir D. Aczel
(P)2000 Random House, Inc. Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Philosophy Physics Professionals & Academics Science Science & Technology

Critic reviews

"[Einstein's] field equation remains the closest thing we have to a divine blueprint for the universe....Aczel gives a very readable account of the science and the scientists involved."
-- Kirkus Reviews

"There is something startling on just about every page."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

"It is a wonderful time to glance back over Einstein's path in developing the field equation...fortunately, we have a fabulous guide in Amir D. Aczel."
-- Discover
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The only audio book I have not finished. The narrator has the most tedious monotone I have heard and the book lacks compelling narrative.

Tedious in the extreme

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