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Einstein : his life and universe / Walter Isaacson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : c2007. Simon & Schuster, Description: xiii, 675 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. ISBN:
  • 9781471179389
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC 16 .E5 .I83 2007
Contents:
The light-beam rider.--Childhood, 1879-1896.--The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900.--The lovers, 1900-1904.--The miracle year: quanta and molecules, 1905.--Special relativity, 1905.--The happiest thought, 1906-1909.--The wandering professor, 1909-1914.--General relativity, 1911-1915.--Divorce, 1916-1919.--Einstein's universe, 1916-1919.--Fame, 1919.--The wandering Zionist, 1920-1921.--Nobel laureate, 1921-1927.--Unified field theories, 1923-1931.--Turning fifty, 1929-1931.--Einstein's God.--The refugee, 1932-1933.--America, 1933-1939.--Quantum entanglement, 1935.--The bomb, 1939-1945.--One-worlder, 1945-1948.--Landmark, 1948-1953.--Red scare, 1951-1954.--The end, 1955.
Summary: A narrative portrait based on the complete body of Einstein's papers offers insight into his contributions to science, in an account that describes the influence of his discoveries on his personal views about morality, politics, and tolerance.
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Includes index.

The light-beam rider.--Childhood, 1879-1896.--The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900.--The lovers, 1900-1904.--The miracle year: quanta and molecules, 1905.--Special relativity, 1905.--The happiest thought, 1906-1909.--The wandering professor, 1909-1914.--General relativity, 1911-1915.--Divorce, 1916-1919.--Einstein's universe, 1916-1919.--Fame, 1919.--The wandering Zionist, 1920-1921.--Nobel laureate, 1921-1927.--Unified field theories, 1923-1931.--Turning fifty, 1929-1931.--Einstein's God.--The refugee, 1932-1933.--America, 1933-1939.--Quantum entanglement, 1935.--The bomb, 1939-1945.--One-worlder, 1945-1948.--Landmark, 1948-1953.--Red scare, 1951-1954.--The end, 1955.

A narrative portrait based on the complete body of Einstein's papers offers insight into his contributions to science, in an account that describes the influence of his discoveries on his personal views about morality, politics, and tolerance.

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