Einstein : a hundred years of relativity / Andrew Robinson ; with contributions by Philip Anderson ... [et al.].
By: Robinson, Andrew.
Contributor(s): Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʾumi ṿeha-universiṭaʾi bi-Yerushalayim. Albert Einstein Archives.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2005Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780810959231 (hardcover : alk. paper).Other title: In association with the Albert Einstein Archives [At head of title:].Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | General relativity (Physics) | Physicists -- Biography | Physics -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 530/.092 | B Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QC16.E5 R63 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002465 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index.
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.