A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: the Essential Scientific Writings of Albert Einstein

Einstein, Albert; Stephen Hawking (editor)

ISBN 10: 0762430036 / ISBN 13: 9780762430031

Published by Running Press, Philadelphia, 2007

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8vo, 468 pp., Edited & with commentary by Stephen Hawking.

Seller Inventory # 031580

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: the Essential Scientific Writings of Albert Einstein
• Publisher: Running Press, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762430036
• ISBN 13: 9780762430031
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Engineering

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Synopsis

Best-selling author and physicist Stephen Hawking assembles the most groundbreaking works by Albert Einstein together into one volume. From the text that revealed the famous “Theory of Relativity”-renowned as the most important scientific discovery of the 20th Century-to his significant works on quantum theory, statistical mechanics, and the photoelectric effect, here are the writings that changed physics, and subsequently, the way we view the world. Einstein also thought deeply on both political issues and religious thought, so many of Einstein's philosophical essays are included. Hawking provides introductions to each work, which provides both historical and scientific perspective. From the papers that shaped modern scientific thought to Einstein's later musings on his landmark findings, A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion is a collection of Einstein's most important work, with commentary from our greatest living physicist.

About the Author

Stephen Hawking's ability to make science understandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the publication of his first book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 languages. Hawking has authored or participated in the creation of numerous other popular science books, including On the Shoulders of Giants and The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants.