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Einsteinby Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 14.99By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin , this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk -- a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate -- became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His... more...
Albert Einsteinby Anne Schraff
Saddleback Educational Publishing 2008; US$ 7.95Few people have had as great an impact on our understanding of the natural world than Albert Einstein. His brilliant insights into the nature of the universe transformed life in the twentieth century. Read this fascinating story of a true genius and his efforts to bring about a peaceful world. Guided by Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people, this series of softcover 64-page biographies focuses on the leaders, scientists, and icons who shaped our world. These people, many from very humble beginnings, changed how the world works. Each biography includes a glossary, timeline and illustrations. An individual guide for each title provides reproducible activities to extend the text. more...
Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Einsteinby Gary F. Moring; Thomas Weber
Alpha Books 1999; US$ 9.99Featuring a fascinating exploration of Einstein's theories, this volume also looks at Einstein's tumultuous life, which included two failed marriages and a longtime commitment to pacifism, Zionism, and Communism. more...
Einstein A to Zby Karen C. Fox; Aries Keck
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 17.95Einstein was the twentieth century's most celebrated scientist - a man who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionised physics and became an iconic genius in the popular imagination. Essays range from the reasonably scientific including the theory of relativity, to the odd and engaging, such as Einstein's brain, his favourite jokes and films. Einstein A to Z provides a vibrant overview of the man and his achievements. more...
My Einsteinby John Brockman
Knopf Publishing Group 2006; US$ 11.99In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike.Contributors include:• Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth• John Archibald Wheeler on his meetings with Einstein• Gino C. Segrè, Lee Smolin, and Anton Zeilinger on Einstein’s difficulties with quantum theory• Leon M. Lederman on the special theory of relativity• Frank J. Tipler on why Einstein should be seen as a scientific reactionary rather than... more...
Secrets of the Old Oneby Jeremy Bernstein
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2005; US$ 25.00Tells the story of Einstein's papers and their impact. While to a professional physicist the mathematics in these papers is quite straight forward, the ideas behind the mathematics are not. This book aims to make these ideas accessible to a general reader with no more mathematics than one learns in high school. more...
Einstein and the Birth of Big Scienceby Peter Coles
Icon Books 2001; US$ 7.95In this book, Peter Coles examines insights into the sociological conflict between "Big Science" and popular culture that are as real today as they were in the 1920s. more...
The Einstein Dossiersby Siegfried Grundmann
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 69.95Focuses on the political aspects of Albert Einstein and his work as viewed by various national authorities between the two world wars, contributing toward a better understanding of Einstein's decisive break with Germany. This book scrutinizes Einstein's FBI file from 1950-55 against material from European investigative files. more...
Der jugendliche Einstein und Aarauby Herbert Hunziker
Springer 2005; US$ 39.95Es darf als gesichert gelten, dass Einstein bereits 1895-1896, whrend er sich an der Aargauischen Kantonsschule auf die Maturittsprfung vorbereitete, erste Ideen zur Relativittstheorie entwickelte. Die Publikation befasst sich eingehend mit der Aarauer Zeit des spter zu Weltruhm gelangten Physikers und bespricht die grundlegenden Ideen seiner Arbeiten von 1905, die diesen Weltruhm begrndeten. Aus dem Inhalt: - Kommentierte Originalabdrucke dreier vom siebzehnjhrigen Einstein verfasster Maturittsprfungsarbeiten - Spezielle Relativittstheorie: Eine bung im berwinden von Denkgewohnheiten - ber die Herkunft der Speziellen Relativittstheorie - Einsteins Analyse der Brownschen Bewegung - Einstein und die Begrndung der Quantentheorie - Relativittstheorie... more...
Einstein's Struggles with Quantum Theoryby Dipankar Home; Andrew Whitaker
Springer 2007; US$ 179.00Provides an account of Albert Einstein's thinking in regard to quantum physics. This book presents a mathematical as well as a non-mathematical route through the theories, controversies, and investigations, making the discourse both readable and understandable to those interested in Einstein and quantum theory. more...









