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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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9780691169897 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
530.092 |
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ROB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Robinson, Andrew |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Einstein: |
| Remainder of title |
a hundred years of relativity |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Princeton |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
256 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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USD |
| Price amount |
24.95 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility … The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.”<br/><br/>—Albert Einstein, 1936<br/><br/>Albert Einstein’s universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and richly illustrated biography. The main narrative is enriched by twelve essays by well-known scientists, scholars, and artists, including three Nobel Laureates. The book presents clearly the beautiful simplicity at the heart of Einstein’s greatest discoveries, and explains how his ideas have continued to influence scientific developments such as lasers, the theory of the big bang, and “theories of everything.” Einstein’s life and activities outside of science are also considered, including his encounters with famous contemporaries such as Chaplin, Roosevelt, and Tagore, his love of music, and his troubled family life. The book recognizes that Einstein’s striking originality was expressed in many ways, from his political and humanitarian campaigns against nuclear weapons, anti-Semitism, McCarthyism, and social injustices, to his unconventional personal appearance.<br/><br/>Published in association with the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the book draws on this exceptional resource of Einstein’s private papers and personal photographs.<br/><br/>This new edition, published to recognize the centenary of the publication of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, includes an important new afterword by Diana Kormos Buchwald, the director of the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology.<br/><br/>The contributors are Philip Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, I. Bernard Cohen, Freeman Dyson, Philip Glass, Stephen Hawking, Max Jammer, Diana Kormos Buchwald, João Magueijo, Joseph Rotblat, Robert Schulmann, and Steven Weinberg. |
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General relativity (Physics) |
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 |
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Relativity (Physics) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |