Einstein, E=mc2 and The Atom Bomb
Einstein, E=mc2 and The Atom Bomb
Events that changed the future of mankind
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Bind: Paperback
Year: 2025
Pages: 78
Size: 6 x 9 Inch
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Description:
There is still a lot of interest in knowing about Einstein’s contributions in making of the atom bomb as is evident from the recent TV series GENIUS describing the life of Einstein and the NETFLIX movie on Einstein and The Bomb. Also there is great interest in the understanding of Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2 which is evident from the many books that have been recently written on this subject. This book will enable young school students to understand Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2, energy released from fission reactions which eventually led to the making of the atom bomb.
Target Audience:
This book is useful for students of schools and colleges and for all undergraduate curricula students of physics and engineering
Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1. Why a book on Einstein, E = mc2 and The Atom Bomb?
Chapter 2. A note about Units
Chapter 3. Einstein’s Light Quantum: The Photon
Chapter 4. E = mc2 and Energy emitted by our Sun
Chapter 5. Fusion Reactions and How was our Sun created?
Chapter 6. Events leading to the making of the Atom Bomb
Chapter 7. The Fat Man
Chapter 8. Events that changed the future of mankind
Chapter 9. After the explosions
Chapter 10. A simple derivation of E = mc2
Appendix A: Simple numerical calculations
About the Author:
Ajoy Ghatak is currently Honorary Professor at Optics & Photonics Center, IIT Delhi. During Jan 2021 - Dec 2022, he was the President of The National Academy of Sciences, India - the oldest Science Academy in India. He did his MSc from Delhi University and PhD from Cornell University. He is a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly OSA) and SPIE. He has authored several books including his undergraduate text on OPTICS which has been translated to chinese and Persian. He is recipient of several awards including the 2003 OSA Esther Hoffmann Beller Award, the 2008 SPIE Educator award which was in recognition of “his unparalleled global contributions to the field of fiber optics research, and his tireless dedication to optics education wolrdwide.” and also the CSIR 1979 S S Bhatnagar award. He received the OSA 2020 Sang Soo Lee award for his seminal role in the development of fiber optics and guided wave photnics and for pioneering optics education in India and the 2021 SASTRA-G N Ramachandran Award for Excellence in Physics.
