Einstein: His Life And Universe
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Copyright Holder | Walter Isaacson |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | David Ter-Avanesyan |
| About/Subject | Albert Einstein |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2007 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-7432-6473-0 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-7432-6473-8 |
| EAN 5 | 53200 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9780743264730 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | QC16.E5I76 2007 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 530.092 |
| Chapters | Acknowledgements xv Main Characters xix CHAPTER ONE The Light-Beam Rider 1 CHAPTER TWO Childhood, 1879-1896 8 CHAPTER THREE The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900 32 CHAPTER FOUR The Lovers, 1900-1904 50 CHAPTER FIVE The Miracle Year: Quanta And Molecules, 1905 90 CHAPTER SIX Special Relativity, 1905 107 CHAPTER SEVEN The Happiest Thoughts, 1906-1909 140 CHAPTER EIGHT The Wandering Professor, 1909-1914 158 CHAPTER NINE General Relativity, 1911-1915 189 CHAPTER TEN Divorce, 1916-1919 225 CHAPTER ELEVEN Einstein's Universe, 1916-1919 249 CHAPTER TWELVE Fame, 1919 263 CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Wandering Zionist, 1920-1921 281 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Nobel Laureate, 1921-1927 309 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Unified Field Theories, 1923-1931 336 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Turning Fifty, 1929-1931 357 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Einstein's God 384 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Refugee, 1932-1933 394 CHAPTER NINETEEN America, 1933-1939 425 CHAPTER TWENTY Quantum Entanglement, 1935 448 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Bomb, 1939-1945 471 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO One-Worlder, 1945-1948 487 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Landmark, 1948-1953 508 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Red Scare, 1951-1954 524 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The End, 1955 535 EPILOGUE Einstein's Brain And Einstein's Mind 544 Sources 553 Notes 565 Index 643 |
| Notes | Endpapers: Alan Richards, Princeton University Library Frontispiece: Ullstein Bilderdienst/The Granger Collection, New York Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Isaacson, Walter Einstein : his life and universe / Walter Isaacson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. 2. Physicists---Biography. 3. Einstein, Albert 1879-1955---Friends and associates. 4. Relativity (Physics). 5. Unified field theories. I. Title. 530.092----dc22 [B] 2006051264 |
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