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Secrets of the Old One
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 19.99Tells 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...
My Einstein
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 16.00In 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... more...
Einstein and the Birth of Big Science
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...
Works of Albert Einstein
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 4.99This collection was designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an... more...
The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 16.95Here is the definitive new edition of the hugely popular collection of Einstein quotations that has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide and been translated into twenty-five languages. The Ultimate Quotable Einstein features 400 additional quotes, bringing the total to roughly 1,600 in all. This ultimate edition includes new sections--"On... more...
Einstein A to Z
Wiley 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.... more...
The Einstein Dossiers
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 54.99Focuses 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...
A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion
Running Press 2009; US$ 18.95With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it ?a gem of a collection? while New Scientist magazine notes the ?thrill of reading Einstein?s own words.? From the writings that revealed the famous Theory of Relativity, to other papers that shook the scientific... more...
Albert Einstein: Gentle Genius
Teacher Created Materials Publishing 2007; US$ 8.99Albert Einstein is probably the most influential scientist and greatest physicist of the twentieth century. He revolutionized our ideas about time and space, and he is best known for his theory of relativity and his equation E=mc2, which explains the relationship between energy and mass. By age 30, he was considered by many to be one of the world?s... more...
Einsteins Berlin
Wiley 2006; US$ 27.50"Ostern gehe ich nach Berlin als Akademie-Mensch ohne irgendwelche Verpflichtungen, quasi als lebendige Mumie" schrieb Albert Einstein im Herbst 1913. Fast zwei Jahrzehnte wirkte der wohl bedeutendste Physiker des 20ten Jahrhunderts in der preußischen Metropole. Diese Jahre markieren den Höhepunkt in seiner wissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen... more...









