The Practical Einstein : Experiments, Patents, Inventions.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Musings -- The Flettner Ship -- Why Do Rivers Meander? -- 2 Experiments -- Michelson, Morley, and Eötvös Reinvented -- The Mass of the Electron -- Ampère's Molecular Currents -- The Velocity of Gas Reactions -- A Geodynamo Model? -- Light: Waves or Particles? -- Explaining Superconductivity -- 3 Expert Opinions -- The Patent Office -- Gyrocompasses -- Mixing Tubes -- Hebeluftschiff -- Tungsten Wires for Incandescent Lamps -- Triodes for Amplification -- Sound Direction Ranging in Air and Water -- Prospecting for Ore and Water from a Dirigible -- Riveting Hammers and Pile Drivers -- Production of High-Pressure Gases -- "Electrophonic Piano" -- Aerial Stereophotography -- Magnetic Cores with Low Electric Conductivity -- Telescope for Daylight Observations of Phenomena near the Sun -- Makeup Mirror -- Balanced Tapered Bearing Rollers -- 4 European Inventions -- The "Little Machine" (Maschinchen) -- Planimeter -- The Cat's Back Airfoil -- Compasses for Land, Sea, and Air -- Filtering Viruses -- Refrigerators in a Row -- Magnetostrictive Reproduction of Sound -- Hearing Aid -- 5 American Inventions -- Altimeter -- Waterproof Breathable Clothes -- Heat- Insulating Vessel -- Liquid Filtering by Electrostatic Method -- Automatic Correction of Measured Data -- Airplane Horizon Indicator -- Electrostatic Microphone -- Fluid-Level Indicator -- Light-Intensity Self-Adjusting Camera -- Steel-Tape Recording -- Aircraft Speedometer -- Timer -- On the Threshold of the Manhattan Project -- Torpedoman Einstein -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

While we may like the idea of Einstein as a genius besotted by extra dimensions and too out-of-this-world to wear socks, The Practical Einstein gives ample evidence that this characterization is both incomplete and an unfair representation of a man who sought to explore the intricacies of nature, whether in theory or in practice.

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