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Einstein - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Einstein - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm,
Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity,
which is considered the founding principle of modern physics. He
also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and
cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921.
A self-pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life,
democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the
social impact of his discoveries. Much of Einstein's life is
shrouded in legend. From popular images and advertisements to
various works of theater and fiction, he has come to signify so
many things: the quintessential absent-minded professor; the gentle
eccentric; the pacifist; the super-human genius. In Einstein: A
Biography, Jurgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of
the man behind the myth. He recounts Einstein's life with detail
and accuracy, presenting a comprehensive account of the
educational, religious, psychological and historical conditions
that enabled Einstein to become the ber-physicist of all time.
Unearthing new documents, including a series of previously unknown
letters from Einstein to his sons, which shed a new light on his
role as a father, Neffe also paints a rich portrait of the
tumultuous years in which Einstein lived and worked. With a
background in the sciences, Neffe describes and contextualizes
Einstein's enormous contributions to our scientific legacy. He
leads his readers through today's institutes and laboratories
worldwide, where Einstein's work continues to thrill researchers
and scholars. A bestseller in Germany, Einstein is sure to be a
classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been
called the brain of the [twentieth] century.
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