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1 online resource (xvii, 351 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life--first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had Einstein come to abandon his Berlin home and go '"on the run"? In this lively account, Andrew Robinson tells the story of the world's greatest scientist and Britain for the first time, showing why Britain was the perfect refuge for Einstein from rumored assassination by Nazi agents. Young Einstein's passion for British physics, epitomized by Newton, had sparked his scientific development around 1900. British astronomers had confirmed his general theory of relativity, making him internationally famous in 1919. Welcomed by the British people, who helped him campaign against Nazi anti-Semitism, he even intended to become a British citizen. So why did Einstein then leave Britain, never to return to Europe? |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PROLOGUE. A Wanderer on the Face of the Earth -- CHAPTER ONE. The Happiest Thought of My Life -- CHAPTER TWO. Hats Off to the Fellows! From a Swiss Jew -- CHAPTER THREE. A Stinking Flower in a German Buttonhole -- CHAPTER FOUR. God Does Not Play Dice with the Universe -- CHAPTER FIVE. A Barbarian among the Holy Brotherhood in Tails -- CHAPTER SIX. The Reality of Nature and the Nature of Reality -- CHAPTER SEVEN. On the Run -- CHAPTER EIGHT. I Vill a Little T'ink -- EPILOGUE. An Old Gypsy in a Quaint and Ceremonious Village -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Homes and haunts -- Great Britain.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. (OCoLC)fst00032023
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Biography.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Andrew, 1957- Einstein on the run. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] 9780300234763 (OCoLC)1089865652 |
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9780300248876 (electronic book) |
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0300248873 (electronic book) |
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