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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leopold Infeld |
| OCLC Number: | 996961 |
| Description: | vi, 132 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Overcoming prejudices -- Before the Einstein revolution. The origins of the ether concept -- The failure of the ether concept -- The first Einstein revolution. One and two but not three -- The moving clock -- Galileo and Lorentz -- One principle instead of two -- "A paradox? A paradox! A most ingenious paradox!" -- The second Einstein revolution. The falling elevator -- Three themes -- The universe -- Einstein's part in the great unfinished revolution. The birth of quantum theory -- Quanta -- Photons -- Beyond the revolutions. The search for unity -- The philosopher and the man -- Events in the life of Einstein. |
| Series Title: | Twentieth century library. |
| Responsibility: | Leopold Infeld. |
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