Book & Pumpkin



So today's task was to take a picture of a book with a pumpkin...
Meaning there's not much for me to write about as far as content goes, BUT I can describe the book itself a little.

E=mc2 A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis, is the reading material for my physics class (usually assigned one chapter per class to complete for homework). At this point, we've just started chapter 8, but we're half-way through the novel. The Preface itself was a true testament of the author's writing ability because it was absolutely phenomenal. There are four sections to the book: Ancestor's of E=mc2, The Early Years, Adulthood, and Till The End of Time. Basically, the author introduces the history building up to the equation itself, followed by the section we're currently in, describing the involvement of Einstein to the equation. Chapter 8 seems to report the initial usage of the equation.


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