| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index. |
| Contents |
The world of physics before Einstein -- Autobiographical notes / by Albert Einstein -- The Making of a physicist -- A brief history of relativity / by Stephen Hawking -- The miraculous year, 1905 -- General relativity -- Varying c: vodka without alcohol? / by João Magueijo -- Arguing about quantum theory -- The search for a theory of everything -- Einstein's search for unification / by Steven Weinberg -- Physics since Einstein -- Einstein's scientific legacy / by Philip Anderson -- The most famous man in the world -- Personal and family life -- Einstein's love letters / by Robert Schulmann -- Einstein and music / by Philip Glass -- Germany, war and pacifism -- America -- Zionism, the Holocaust and Israel -- Einstein on religion, Judaism and Zionism / by Max Jammer -- Nuclear saint and demon -- Einstein's quest for global peace / by Joseph Rotblat -- The end of an era -- Einstein's last interview / by I. Bernard Cohen -- Einstein's enduring magic -- Einstein: twentieth-century icon / by Arthur C. Clarke. |
| Subject |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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General relativity (Physics)
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Physics -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim. Albert Einstein Archives.
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| Note |
At head of title: In association with the Albert Einstein Archives |
| ISBN |
0810959232 hardcover alkaline paper |
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