| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
x, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-440) and index. |
| Contents |
Translator's preface -- Prologue : The immortal : Einstein's secret -- 1. His second birth : the fateful year 1919 -- 2. How Albert became Einstein : the psychological makeup of a genius -- 3. "A new era!" : from industrialist's son to inventor -- 4. Of dwarfs and giants : a brief history of science, according to Einstein -- 5. The burden of inheritance : Einstein detectives in action -- 6. "Elsa or Ilse" : the physicist and the women -- 7. The miraculous path to the miraculous year : Einstein's angels -- 8. Squaring the light : why Einstein had to discover the theory of relativity -- 9. Why is the sky blue? : Einstein - a career -- 10. "Dear boys, your Papa" : the drama of the brilliant father -- 11. Anatomy of a discovery : how Einstein found the general theory of relativity -- 12. Lambda lives : Einstein, "Chief engineer of the universe" -- 13. Spacetime quakes : the theory of relativity put to the test -- 14. His best foe : Einstein, Germany, and politics -- 15. "I am not a tiger" : Einstein, the human side -- 16. A Jew named Albert : his God was a principle -- 17. The end justifies the doubts : Einstein and quantum theory -- 18. Of the magnitude of failure : the quest for the unified theory -- 19. From Barbaria to Dollaria : Einstein's America -- 20. "People are a bad invention" : Einstein, the atomic bomb, McCarthy, and the end -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Einstein. English
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| ISBN |
9780374146641 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0374146640 hardcover alkaline paper |
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