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Author Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Title Einstein : a hundred years of relativity / Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson ... [et al.].

Imprint New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  530.092 Rob    ---  Available
Description 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index.
Contents The world of physics before Einstein -- Autobiographical notes / by Albert Einstein -- The Making of a physicist -- A brief history of relativity / by Stephen Hawking -- The miraculous year, 1905 -- General relativity -- Varying c: vodka without alcohol? / by Jo~ao Magueijo -- Arguing about quantum theory -- The search for a theory of everything -- Einstein's search for unification / by Steven Weinberg -- Physics since Einstein -- Einstein's scientific legacy / by Philip Anderson -- The most famous man in the world -- Personal and family life -- Einstein's love letters / by Robert Schulmann -- Einstein and music / by Philip Glass -- Germany, war and pacifism -- America -- Zionism, the Holocaust and Israel -- Einstein on religion, Judaism and Zionism / by Max Jammer -- Nuclear saint and demon -- Einstein's quest for global peace / by Joseph Rotblat -- The end of an era -- Einstein's last interview / by I. Bernard Cohen -- Einstein's enduring magic -- Einstein: twentieth-century icon / by Arthur C. Clarke.
Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physicists -- Biography.
General relativity (Physics)
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author Bet ha-sefarim ha-le'umi veha-universita'i bi-Yerushalayim. Albert Einstein Archives.
Note At head of title: In association with the Albert Einstein Archives
ISBN 0810959232 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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