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Einstein - A Hundred Years of Relativity (Paperback, with French flaps)
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Einstein - A Hundred Years of Relativity (Paperback, with French flaps)
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"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ...The
fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein,
1936 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. 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. 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. The contributors are Philip Anderson, Arthur C.
Clarke, I. Bernard Cohen, Freeman Dyson, Philip Glass, Stephen
Hawking, Max Jammer, Diana Kormos Buchwald, Joao Magueijo, Joseph
Rotblat, Robert Schulmann, and Steven Weinberg.
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