Einstein : A to Z / Karen C. Fox, Aries Keck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Karen C.

Contributor:

Keck, Aries.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Einstein, Albert.

Physicists--Biography.

Physicists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, [2004]

Summary:

Albert Einstein was the twentieth century's most celebrated scientist -- a man who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionized physics, and became an iconic genius in the popular imagination. Now, in the first book of its kind, Einstein A to Z provides a vibrant overview of Time magazine's Man of the Century and his remarkable achievements, with over one hundred lively, informative essays that explain and celebrate his life, his work, and his cultural influence. From absentmindedness to Zionism, each entry features a fascinating account of one aspect of Einstein's world, from lucid explanations of his work to insights into his personal life, predilections, and interests. Einstein A to Z offers a unique glimpse into the mind of the shabbily dressed man who would become so engrossed in his ideas that he often neglected to sleep or eat; the father who never met his first child and proposed marriage to one of his stepdaughters; the avowed pacifist who was torn between pride in his German heritage and disgust at the country's militaristic ideology. Both students and devoted fans of this titan of science will find the journey enlightening, engaging, and just plain fun.

Contents:

Absentmindedness 3

Anti-Semitism 4

Arms Race 8

Atomic Bomb 9

Awards 16

Beauty and Equations 17

Besso, Michele 18

Black Holes 21

Bohr, Niels Henrik David 25

Books about Einstein 30

Born, Max 33

Bose-Einstein Condensate 34

Brain 36

Brownian Motion 39

Career 41

Causality 44

Childhood 46

Children 49

Clothes 58

Communism 59

Correspondence 62

Cosmological Constant 63

Cosmology 65

Curie, Marie 68

Death 70

de Sitter, Willem 72

Dukas, Helen 74

E = mc[superscript 2] 76

Eddington, Sir Arthur 79

Education 82

Ehrenfest, Paul 85

Einstein, Elsa Lowenthal 88

Einstein, Mileva Maric 93

Einstein Field Equations 100

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument 101

Einstein Ring 106

Einstein Tower 107

Einsteinium 108

Electrodynamics 108

Ether 110

FBI 113

Freud, Sigmund 116

Friedmann, Alexander 117

Germany 119

God 124

Gravitation 126

Gravitational Waves 128

Grossmann, Marcel 129

Hair 131

Heisenberg, Werner Karl 132

Hidden Variables 137

Hilbert, David 138

Hitler, Adolf 141

Inventions 142

Israel 144

Japan 146

Jokes about Einstein 148

Judaism 149

Kaluza-Klein Theory 151

League of Nations 153

Lemaitre, Georges 154

Lenard, Philipp 156

Lorentz, Hendrik 158

Mach, Ernst 161

Mathematics 164

McCarthyism 166

Michelson-Morley Experiment 167

Millikan, Robert 171

Miracle Year 174

Monroe, Marilyn 179

Mysticism 179

Myths and Misconceptions 181

Nazism 184

Newton, Isaac 188

Nobel Prize in Physics 190

Olympia Academy 195

Oppenheimer, J. Robert 197

Pacifism 199

Parents 202

Patent Office 205

Pauli, Wolfgang Ernst 207

Photochemistry 209

Photoelectric Effect 210

Photons 213

Pipe 215

Planck, Max 216

Poincare, Henri 220

Popular Works 222

Positivism 223

Princeton 226

Quantum Mechanics 230

Reference Frames 237

Relativity, General Theory of 239

Relativity, Special Theory of 247

Religion 255

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 258

Russell-Einstein Manifesto 260

Schroedinger, Erwin 261

Solvay Conferences 265

Space-Time 267

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedictus) 268

Stark, Johannes 270

Switzerland 272

Thought Experiments 274

Time Travel 276

Twin Paradox 279

Uncertainty Principle 280

Unified Theory 282

United States 284

Violin 288

Wave-Particle Duality 289

Women, Einstein and 291

Wormholes 293

Zionism 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index.

ISBN:

0471466743

OCLC:

54392031

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