Bibliograph

Einstein, a hundred years of relativity, Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson ... [and others]

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Einstein, a hundred years of relativity, Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index

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individual biography

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Einstein

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

58456877

Responsibility statement

Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson ... [and others]

Sub title

a hundred years of relativity

Table Of 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

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In association with the Albert Einstein Archives

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