Subtle Is the Lord The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

Name: Subtle Is the Lord The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
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ISBN: 9780192806727

ISBN-10: 0192806726

ISBN-13: 9780192806727

Edition: 2005

Authors: Abraham Pais, Roger Penrose, Roger Penrose

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Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography combines a profound understanding of Einstein's work with personal recollections from their years of acquaintance, illuminating the man through the development of his scientific thought. Pais examines the formulation of Einstein's theories of relativity, his work on Brownian motion, and his response to quantum theory with authority and precision. The profound transformation Einstein's ideas effected on the physics of the turn of…

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List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 9.26" wide x 6.32" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Introductory


Statistical Physics


Relativity, the Special Theory


Relativity, the General Theory


The Later Journey


The Quantum Theory


Journey's End


Appendices