Einstein : his life and universe /

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by Isaacson, Walter.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Simon & Schuster, (New York :) Physical details: xxii, 675 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, --1879-1955 --Friends and associates. | Einstein, Albert, --1879-1955. | Physicists --Biography. | Relativity (Physics) | Unified field theories. Year : 2007 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Kensington Intermediate Senior High Biography 921 EIN Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-564) and index.

The light-beam rider -- Childhood, 1879-1896 -- The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900 -- The lovers, 1900-1904 -- The miracle year: quanta and molecules, 1905 -- Special relativity, 1905 -- The happiest thought, 1906-1909 -- The wandering professor, 1909-1914 -- General relativity, 1911-1915 -- Divorce, 1916-1919 -- Einstein's universe, 1916-1919 -- Fame, 1919 -- The wandering zionist, 1920-1921 -- Nobel laureate, 1921-1927 -- Unified field theories, 1923-1931 -- Turning fifty, 1929-1931 -- Einstein's god -- The refugee, 1932-1933 -- America, 1933-1939 -- Quantum entanglement, 1935 -- The bomb, 1939-1945 -- One-worlder, 1945-1948 -- Landmark, 1948-1953 -- Red scare, 1951-1954 -- The end, 1955 -- Epilogue: Einstein's brain and Einstein's mind.