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| Genre/Form: | History Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Albert Einstein; Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John J Stachel |
| ISBN: | 0817641432 9780817641436 3764341432 9783764341435 |
| OCLC Number: | 237532460 |
| Description: | XI, 556 Seiten. |
| Contents: | IntroductionPart I: The Human SideAlbert Einstein: The Man Beyond the MythAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein: (1879-1955)The Young Einstein: Poetry and TruthAlbert Einstein and Mileva Maric: A Collaboration that Failed to DevelopEinstein's Jewish IdentityEinstein on Civil LibertyEinstein and the "Research Passion"Part II: Editing the Einstein Papers"A Man of My Type"---Editing the Einstein PapersIntroduction to the Guide to the Duplicate Einstein Archive and Control IndexPart III: Surveys of Einstein's WorkIntroduction to Einstein: The Formative YearsThe Other Einstein: Einstein Contra Field TheoryPart IV: Special Relativity"What Song the Syrens Sang": How Did Einstein Discover Special Relativity?Einstein and Ether Drift ExperimentsEinstein and Michelson: The Context of Discovery and the Context of JustificationEinstein on the Theory of RelativityEinstein's First Derivation of Mass--Energy EquivalencePart V: General RelativityEinstein's Odyssey: His Journey from Special to General RelativityThe Genesis of General RelativityThe Rigidly Rotating Disk as the "Missing Link" in the History of General RelativityThe First Two ActsHow Einstein Discovered General Relativity: A Historical Tale with Some Contemporary MoralsEinstein's Search for General Covariance, 1912-1915Belated Decision in the Hilbert--Einstein Priority DisputeThe Origin of Gravitational Lensing: A Postcript to Einstein's 1936 Science PaperNew Light on the Einstein--Hilbert Priority QuestionPart VI: Quantum TheoryEinstein and the Quantum: Fifty Years of StruggleEinstein and Quantum MechanicsEinstein's Light-Quantum Hypothesis, or Why Didn't Einstein Propose a Quantum Gas a Decade-and-a-Half Earlier?Part VII: Einstein and OthersEinstein and NewtonEddington and EinsteinEinstein and Infeld: Seen through their CorrespondenceLanczos's Early Contributions to Relativity and His Relationship with EinsteinEinstein and BoseEinstein and 'Zweistein'Part VIII: Book Reviews'Subtle is the Lord' ... The Science and Life of Albert Einstein by Abraham PaisAlbert Einstein: A Biography by Albert Foelsing |
| Series Title: | Einstein studies, vol. 9 |
| Responsibility: | John Stachel. |
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"This book is really a collection of essays on Einstein's life and, as the title suggests, does not try to offer a complete picture of the great man. The essays are independent so you can read them in any order and, indeed, I found it easier to read them by looking at the essay titles and choosing the one that caught my eye. ...It is clear that this is a very well researched book by a man who has written about Einstein and his work for over forty years and is the current Director of the Boston University Centre for Einstein Studies. The book does manage to paint a human picture of Einstein rather than try to build on the popular legend and there is no doubt that it will be used by historians as well as mathematicians and natural scientists as one of the most reliable studies of the man. It is the sort of book that one would expect to find in the library of all schools and universities."--The Mathematical Gazette"This welcome addition to the Einstein Studies book series presents a collection of selected articles and talks on Albert Einstein prepared over the past 25 years by John Stachel, the founding editor of the Collected Works of Albert Einstein. ...The articles selected survey the subject from different angles without going into too much technical detail, which makes them accessible to a wide audience of readers. ...The present volume can be recommended as a brief introduction into the life and work of Einstein. Thanks to sensibly provided annotations and references, it may also serve well as a departure point for deeper studies."--Zentralblatt Math Read more...

