Einstein: The Life of a Genius

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Author: Walter Isaacson

ISBN-10: 0061893897

ISBN-13: 9780061893896

Category: Astronomers & Astrophysicists - Biography

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Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius. From his remarkable theory of relativity and the famous equation E=mc2 to his concept of a unified field theory, no one has contributed as much to science in the last century. As well as showing how Einstein developed his theories, Einstein reveals the man behind the science, from his early years and experiments in Germany and his struggle to find work at the Swiss patent office to his marriages and children, his role in the development of the atomic bomb, and his work for civil rights groups in the United States. Drawing on new research and personal documents belonging to Einstein only recently made available, this book also includes items of rare facsimile memorabilia, to show you more than this scientist's groundbreaking theories.

Where Science Stood-Science before Einstein \\ Childhood 1879-1889 \\ School 1889-1893 \\ Aarau 1895-1896 \\ The Zurich Polytechnic 1896-1899 \\ Mileva Maric 1897-1900 \\ Lieserl 1901 \\ Patent Clerk 1902-1904 \\ The Miracle Year: Quantum Theory 1905 \\ The Miracle Year: Special Relativity 1905 \\ The Rising Professor 1905-1910 \\ Elsa Einstein 1912-1914 \\ General Relativity 1907-1915 \\ The Home Front 1914-1915 \\ Divorce and Remarriage 1916-1918 \\ The Eclipse 1919 \\ Einstein in America 1921 \\ The Nobel Prize 1919-1922 \\ Quantum Mechanics 1920 \\ Einstein and Religion \\ The Rise of Hitler 1920-1933 \\ To America 1933-1936 \\ The Bomb 1939 \\ Arms Control 1945-1948 \\ Civil Rights 1940 onward \\ The Endless Quest 1933 onward \\ Israel 1948 onward \\ Red Scare 1950s \\ Farewell 1954-1955 \\ Translations, index, further reading, and credits