The Einstein Almanac - Hardcover

Calaprice, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801880211 ISBN 13: 9780801880216

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Albert Einstein was an exceptional human being. Perhaps nothing reflects the breadth and scope of his brilliance, his interests, and his influence better than his publications―more than six hundred scientific papers, books, essays, reviews, and opinion pieces. Einstein began publishing in March 1901 with a scientific work that appeared in the German journal Annalen der Physik when he was twenty-two; the last publication was an editorial in the journal Common Cause which appeared a few months before his death in 1955. In the fifty-four-year interval, his published work ranged widely over relativity theory and quantum physics, nationalism, Judaism, war, peace, and education. Indeed, Einstein's literary output was so abundant that even many of his most informed admirers are not familiar with all of it.

The Einstein Almanac takes a look at Einstein's year-by-year output, explaining his three-hundred most important publications and setting them into the context of his life, science, and world history. Concentrating primarily on Einstein's scientific and humanitarian writings, Alice Calaprice summarizes most of the papers and describes meaningful events surrounding their publication, including Einstein's personal life, his travels, the work of other scientists, social and cultural developments at the time, and national and international events. Enjoyable and informative, The Einstein Almanac provides a unique perspective on Einstein's genius―and his humanity.

About this title

About the Author:

Alice Calaprice is a freelance editor and writer whose previous books include The Quotable Einstein and Dear Prof. Einstein. For more than twenty years, she was Princeton University Press's in-house editor of the series The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein and the administrator of the Einstein Translation Project. She has received the award for individual editorial achievement in scholarly publishing from Literary Market Place.

Review:

A surprisingly complete summary of [Einstein's] publications, all framed by interesting sidelights on the other scientific and world events of the times.

(Tony Rothman American Scholar)

Calaprice provides context as it relates to Einstein, science, and world history.

(Science News)

An important contribution to the literature about Einstein.

(Choice)

It is a virtual treasure of biographical and historical facts... The author sure knows her stuff.

(Gerald F. Kreyche USA Today)

In a complete, concise guide, the author... sets brief descriptions of 300 of Einstein's publications into the context of concurrent events in his personal life, the world in general, and the realm of physical science.

(Scientific American)

A really fun book―the type that can be opened at any page and read enjoyably.

(Jonathan Bagger, The Johns Hopkins University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0801880211
• ISBN 13: 9780801880216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200