Bibliograph

Einstein's greatest mistake, a biography, David Bodanis

Type

Label

Einstein's greatest mistake, a biography, David Bodanis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Einstein's greatest mistake

Oclc number

932050740

Responsibility statement

David Bodanis

Sub title

a biography

Summary

A portrait of Albert Einstein shares critical insights into both the genius and hubris of modern physics, linking Einstein's popular downfall through the final decades of his life to the same imagination and self-confidence that ignited his early successes

Table Of Contents

Victorian childhood -- Coming of age -- Annus mirabilis -- Only the beginning -- Glimpsing a solution -- Time to think -- Sharpening the tools -- The greatest idea -- True or false? -- Totality -- Cracks in the foundation -- Rising tensions -- The queen of hearts is black -- Finally at ease -- Crushing the upstart -- Uncertainty of the modern age -- Arguing with the dane -- Dispersions -- Isolation in Princeton -- The end

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