Einstein : a hundred years of relativity / Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson [and others].

Author:: Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
Published:: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Physical Description:: 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Additional Creators:: Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim. Albert Einstein Archives

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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 João 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.

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0810959232 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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In association with the Albert Einstein Archives

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.

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