Einstein: (Record no. 222978)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0452271460
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Transcribing agency Aloy
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Edition number 23
Classification number 530.092
Item number WHIE
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Personal name Michael White
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Dates associated with a name John Gribbin
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Title Einstein:
Remainder of title A life in science
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. USA
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. A Plume Book
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii,279p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 20x13cm.
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Source of price type code Biography
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Summary, etc. To the modern world, Albert Einstein is the archetypal scientist. His name is synonymous with genius, his image is instantly recognized, and his life's work is universally acknowledged as the bedrock of contemporary physics. In this absorbing book by the authors of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, Einstein's life and work are recounted in an unprecedentedly accessible way. Although his most important work dates from 1905, the figure of Einstein still towers over the twentieth century. The one equation everyone knows is E=mc[superscript 2], but most of us could not explain what it means. The man to explain it is John Gribbin, a masterful science writer, who elucidates the special and general theories of relativity, as well as electromagnetism, space-time, and other mysteries. Along with lucid descriptions of Einstein's milestone contributions, Gribbin recounts his debates with fellow scientists and the failures that shadowed his later scientific life. Einstein was also a political activist, violin player, and family man. The twists and turnings of his life, so closely linked to the turbulent history of the era, are nimbly charted by Michael White. The questions White tackles are personal ones: What became of Einstein's illegitimate child? Did his first wife, Mileva, contribute to the early, groundbreaking work? We learn of Einstein's possible schizophrenia early in life, his two marriages, his friendships with such figures as Franz Kafka and Bertrand Russell, and the search for security and sanctuary that led him from one country to another in Europe, and then from Nazi Germany to his tenure as a "scientific saint" in America. White portrays Einstein as a man brimming with paradoxes -a pacifist who advocated the creation of an atomic weapons program, a man who hated regimentation but who was beguiled by the strict beauty of mathematics, an atheist and a dedicated Zionist, a figure revered by the world yet kept under surveillance by the FBI.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Biography
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics
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Personal name WHITE (Michael)
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Personal name GRIBBIN (John)
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type George Fernandes Collections
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Others St Aloysius Library St Aloysius Library 03/24/2013   530.092 WHIE GF02025 05/18/2022 05/18/2022 George Fernandes Collections