Albert Einstein - Lipscombe, Trevor; Calaprice, Alice

Trevor Lipscombe Alice Calaprice 

Albert Einstein

A Biography

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Albert Einstein

This biography covers the entire history of this brilliant physicist's life and career, including: His early education, during which he was an excellent student, contrary to common belief; Einstein's struggles to find an academic position, which led him to work as a clerk at the Swiss patent office during the same period he was formulating his most famous and revolutionary theories; His troubled marriages and family life; Einstein's rise to international fame, and his use of that fame to fight for world peace; Einstein's major contributions to physics, explained in an accessible way. The book includes a bibliography, and a timeline of important dates in Einstein's life. Part of the Greenwood Biographies series A portrait of the iconic scientist, on whose work modern physics is built The science is explained in a way that is accessible to the general reader Publication coincides with the 2005 World Year of Physics - the 100th anniversary of "Einstein's Miraculous Year" when he published his most revolutionary papers

Produktinformation
  • Abmessung: 244mm x 156mm x 20mm
  • Gewicht: 445g
  • ISBN-13: 9780313330803
  • ISBN-10: 0313330808
  • Best.Nr.: 13588241
"In this book, written for high school students, the authors present a meticulously detailed account of Einstein's life from his birth in Ulm, Germany, to his death in New Jersey 76 years later....In addition to giving a detailed account of Einstein's life struggles and successes, the authors provide a concise timeline, highlighting important accomplishments, jobs, and family events....An appendix covers the interesting story of Einstein's famous brain. A detailed biography provides resource opportunities for future research." - The Science Teacher
ALICE CALAPRICE was senior editor at Princeton University Press for over twenty years, specializing in editing the sciences. She is the author of several books on Einstein. TREVOR LIPSCOMBE is Editor-in-Chief of The Johns Hopkins University Press. He has a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University and has published widely in quantum mechanics and statistical physics.