Albert Einstein remains one of most famous scientists in world history. His image is instantly recognizable by even the most scientifically uninformed person--for many people, Einstein personifies genius. But who was Einstein really? What was he like as a person? What did his science actually mean? This fresh biography of Albert Einstein provides students and general readers a concise, accessible introduction to the life and science of this revolutionary man. Underneath his genius, Einstein was an ordinary person, with human frailties and weaknesses, but also with charm, modesty, a wry...
Albert Einstein remains one of most famous scientists in world history. His image is instantly recognizable by even the most scientifically uninfor...
This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader.
This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and...
Mit Einstein ist es wie mit Goethe: Wer ihn zitiert, liegt richtig. Dieses Buch bietet Albert Einstein im Originalton und eine Fülle von »geflügelten Worten« und Stoßseufzern, Bonmots und Denkanstößen aus der Feder und aus dem Herzen des Jahrhundertgenies.
Mit Einstein ist es wie mit Goethe: Wer ihn zitiert, liegt richtig. Dieses Buch bietet Albert Einstein im Originalton und eine Fülle von »geflügelt...
This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritative and accessible reference features more than one hundred entries and is divided into three parts covering the personal, scientific, and public spheres of Einstein's life.
An Einstein Encyclopedia contains entries on Einstein's birth and death, family and romantic relationships, honors...
This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading E...
These intimate, candid descriptions of the private life of Albert Einstein come from a series of interviews with Herta Waldow, a housekeeper who lived with Einstein and his wife and daughter from 1927 to 1933 at their residence in Berlin. After World War II, science historian Friedrich Herneck interviewed Ms. Waldow and published the conversations in the former East Germany. Unavailable in English till now, these five interviews offer fascinating glimpses into the great scientist s daily routines while he lived as a celebrated scientist in Weimar Germany. Einstein s well-known...
These intimate, candid descriptions of the private life of Albert Einstein come from a series of interviews with Herta Waldow, a housekeeper who lived...