The Resource Einstein : a life, Denis Brian
Einstein : a life, Denis Brian
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- Summary
- "His name is synonymous with genius. His work helped shape the twentieth century and point the way toward the next. In the more than forty years since his death, Albert Einstein has continued to intrigue and inspire new generations. Now, in the first full-scale biography of Einstein to be published in some twenty years, acclaimed author Denis Brian probes the private, public, and scientific personas of the enigmatic man behind the legend." "For two decades, Denis Brian pored over the Einstein archives and conducted extensive interviews with the scientist's friends and associates. In the process, he discovered a wealth of absorbing new information, much of it previously withheld by those closest to Einstein - including Helen Dukas, his personal secretary, and Otto Nathan, the executor of Einstein's estate. What emerges in Brian's brilliantly drawn life of Einstein is a down-to-earth and always compelling figure." "Exploring this staggering legacy in conversation with many of Einstein's contemporaries, Denis Brian penetrates the veil of formulas, theories, and experiments to expand our understanding of their meaning. With incisive, intimate detail, he recreates the world in which Einstein worked, in solitude and with others, revered by his assistants and enjoying warm relationships with other physicists." "Also included in Brian's comprehensive portrait are the FBI's investigation of Einstein's alleged communist connections, as well as his efforts on behalf of Europe's Jews during Hitler's rise to power, and his ardent support of the formation of the state of Israel."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 509 p.
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Seeking a position
- 6.
- The schoolteacher
- 7.
- Expectant father
- 8.
- Private lessons
- 9.
- The Patent Office
- 1.
- 10.
- The Olympia Academy
- 11.
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- 12.
- "The happiest thought of my life"
- 13.
- To Prague and back
- 14.
- The war to end all wars
- Childhood and youth
- 15.
- In the spotlight
- 16.
- Danger signals
- 17.
- Einstein discovers America
- 18.
- The Nobel Prize
- 19.
- The Uncertainty Principle
- 2.
- 20.
- The perfect patient
- 21.
- The Unified Field Theory
- 22.
- On the international lecture circuit
- 23.
- Einstein in California
- 24.
- Weighing options
- First romance
- 25.
- Einstein the refugee
- 26.
- A new life in Princeton
- 27.
- Settling in
- 28.
- Family matters
- 29.
- Politics at home and abroad
- 3.
- 30.
- World War II and the threat of fission
- 31.
- The race for the bomb
- 32.
- Einstein goes to war
- 33.
- The atomic bomb
- 34.
- Toward a Jewish state
- To Zurich and the Polytechnic
- 35.
- The birth of Israel
- 36.
- The FBI targets Einstein
- 37.
- The communist witch-hunt
- 38.
- Conversations and controversies
- 39.
- Einstein's mercy plea for the Rosenbergs
- 4.
- 40.
- The Oppenheimer affair
- 41.
- The last interview
- 42.
- Einstein's legacy
- Appendix.
- Einstein's brain
- Marriage plans
- Isbn
- 9780471114598
- Label
- Einstein : a life
- Title
- Einstein
- Title remainder
- a life
- Statement of responsibility
- Denis Brian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "His name is synonymous with genius. His work helped shape the twentieth century and point the way toward the next. In the more than forty years since his death, Albert Einstein has continued to intrigue and inspire new generations. Now, in the first full-scale biography of Einstein to be published in some twenty years, acclaimed author Denis Brian probes the private, public, and scientific personas of the enigmatic man behind the legend." "For two decades, Denis Brian pored over the Einstein archives and conducted extensive interviews with the scientist's friends and associates. In the process, he discovered a wealth of absorbing new information, much of it previously withheld by those closest to Einstein - including Helen Dukas, his personal secretary, and Otto Nathan, the executor of Einstein's estate. What emerges in Brian's brilliantly drawn life of Einstein is a down-to-earth and always compelling figure." "Exploring this staggering legacy in conversation with many of Einstein's contemporaries, Denis Brian penetrates the veil of formulas, theories, and experiments to expand our understanding of their meaning. With incisive, intimate detail, he recreates the world in which Einstein worked, in solitude and with others, revered by his assistants and enjoying warm relationships with other physicists." "Also included in Brian's comprehensive portrait are the FBI's investigation of Einstein's alleged communist connections, as well as his efforts on behalf of Europe's Jews during Hitler's rise to power, and his ardent support of the formation of the state of Israel."--Jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brian, Denis
- Dewey number
-
- 530/.092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC16.E5
- LC item number
- B737 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Einstein, Albert
- Physicists
- Physicists
- Physics
- Label
- Einstein : a life, Denis Brian
- Bar code
-
- 31223042568387
- 31223042568395
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references(p. 481-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Seeking a position
- 6.
- The schoolteacher
- 7.
- Expectant father
- 8.
- Private lessons
- 9.
- The Patent Office
- 1.
- 10.
- The Olympia Academy
- 11.
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- 12.
- "The happiest thought of my life"
- 13.
- To Prague and back
- 14.
- The war to end all wars
- Childhood and youth
- 15.
- In the spotlight
- 16.
- Danger signals
- 17.
- Einstein discovers America
- 18.
- The Nobel Prize
- 19.
- The Uncertainty Principle
- 2.
- 20.
- The perfect patient
- 21.
- The Unified Field Theory
- 22.
- On the international lecture circuit
- 23.
- Einstein in California
- 24.
- Weighing options
- First romance
- 25.
- Einstein the refugee
- 26.
- A new life in Princeton
- 27.
- Settling in
- 28.
- Family matters
- 29.
- Politics at home and abroad
- 3.
- 30.
- World War II and the threat of fission
- 31.
- The race for the bomb
- 32.
- Einstein goes to war
- 33.
- The atomic bomb
- 34.
- Toward a Jewish state
- To Zurich and the Polytechnic
- 35.
- The birth of Israel
- 36.
- The FBI targets Einstein
- 37.
- The communist witch-hunt
- 38.
- Conversations and controversies
- 39.
- Einstein's mercy plea for the Rosenbergs
- 4.
- 40.
- The Oppenheimer affair
- 41.
- The last interview
- 42.
- Einstein's legacy
- Appendix.
- Einstein's brain
- Marriage plans
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 509 p.
- Isbn
- 9780471114598
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : acid free paper)
- Lccn
- 95012075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 32236006
- Label
- Einstein : a life, Denis Brian
- Bar code
-
- 31223042568387
- 31223042568395
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references(p. 481-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Seeking a position
- 6.
- The schoolteacher
- 7.
- Expectant father
- 8.
- Private lessons
- 9.
- The Patent Office
- 1.
- 10.
- The Olympia Academy
- 11.
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- 12.
- "The happiest thought of my life"
- 13.
- To Prague and back
- 14.
- The war to end all wars
- Childhood and youth
- 15.
- In the spotlight
- 16.
- Danger signals
- 17.
- Einstein discovers America
- 18.
- The Nobel Prize
- 19.
- The Uncertainty Principle
- 2.
- 20.
- The perfect patient
- 21.
- The Unified Field Theory
- 22.
- On the international lecture circuit
- 23.
- Einstein in California
- 24.
- Weighing options
- First romance
- 25.
- Einstein the refugee
- 26.
- A new life in Princeton
- 27.
- Settling in
- 28.
- Family matters
- 29.
- Politics at home and abroad
- 3.
- 30.
- World War II and the threat of fission
- 31.
- The race for the bomb
- 32.
- Einstein goes to war
- 33.
- The atomic bomb
- 34.
- Toward a Jewish state
- To Zurich and the Polytechnic
- 35.
- The birth of Israel
- 36.
- The FBI targets Einstein
- 37.
- The communist witch-hunt
- 38.
- Conversations and controversies
- 39.
- Einstein's mercy plea for the Rosenbergs
- 4.
- 40.
- The Oppenheimer affair
- 41.
- The last interview
- 42.
- Einstein's legacy
- Appendix.
- Einstein's brain
- Marriage plans
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 509 p.
- Isbn
- 9780471114598
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : acid free paper)
- Lccn
- 95012075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 32236006
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