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Einstein / P.D. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Peter D. (Peter Daniel), 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Einstein, Albert.
- Physicists--Germany--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Haus, 2003.
- Summary:
- Albert Einstein re-wrote the textbooks of science in 1905: physics since has been little more than a series of footnotes to the theories of a 26-year-old patent-office clerk. Einstein's science and emotional life come together in this vivid portrait of a rebellious and contradictory figure, a pacifist whose legendary equation E=mc[superscript 2] opened scientists' eyes to the terrible power within every atom. 'To punish me for my contempt for authority,' he lamented, 'Fate has made me an authority myself.'
- Contents:
- Maths, Music and Magnetism (1879-1894) 1
- The Relentlessly Strict Angels (1894-1900) 19
- The Battle of Dollie (1896-1903) 35
- Five Papers that Changed the World (1902-1905) 50
- The Happiest Thought of My Life (1906-1915) 75
- Eclipsing Newton (1916-1933) 93
- The Struggle for Truth (1933-1955) 114.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1904341144
- 1904341152
- OCLC:
- 51964351
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