Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

Pais, Abraham

ISBN 10: 019853907X / ISBN 13: 9780198539070

Published by Oxford University Press, 1982

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552pp. Dustwrapper a little sunned. Book looks unread and almost as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019853907X
• ISBN 13: 9780198539070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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Synopsis

Since the death of Albert Einstein in 1955 there have been many books and articles written about the man and a number of attempts to "explain" relativity. In this new major work Abraham Pais, himself an eminent physicist who worked alongside Einstein in the post-war years, traces the development of Einstein's entire oeuvre. This is the first book which deal comprehensively and in depth with Einstein's science, both the successes and the failures.
Running through the book is a completely non-scientific biography (identified in the table of contents by italic type) including many letters which appear in English for the first time, as well as other information not published before.
Throughout the preparation of this book, Pais has had complete access to the Einstein Archives (now in the possession of the Hebrew University) and the invaluable guidance of the late Helen Dukas--formerly Einstein's private secretary.

About the Author

About the Author:
Abraham Pais is Detlev W. Bronk Professor at the Rockefeller University and winner of the J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize for 1979. He is also the author of Inward Bound and Niels Bohr's Times, In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity.