Subtle is the Lord
The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
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ISBN:
9780198839446
Publication date:
04/10/2018
Paperback
584 pages
234x156mm
Price: 725.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198839446
Publication date:
04/10/2018
Paperback
584 pages
Abraham Pais
- The most authoritative guide available to the life and thought of the 20th century's most famous scientist.
- The author is uniquely placed to cast light on Einstein's life and thought: A leading particle physicist himself, who knew Einstein personally and had access to some of his 50,000 pages of letters and science papers after his death.
- No other biography of Einstein is as scientifically authoritative.
- Subtle is the Lord has, since publication, been widely acclaimed as the classic biography in this regard.
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Abraham Pais
Description
2005 has been designated "World Year of Physics" to celebrate the publication of Einstein's Theory of Relativity one hundred years ago. In commemoration of this landmark anniversary, Oxford University Press brings Abraham Pais' major work on Einstein's life and work to a whole new generation of readers.
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.
Throughout the preparation of this book, Pais has had complete access to the Einstein Archives and the invaluable guidance of the late Helen Dukas--formerly Einstein's private secretary Written with Pais' intimate and incomparable knowledge of Einstein, Subtle is the Lord will delight and inspire anyone fascinated by the man whose revolutionary ideas have defined modern physics.
About the author
The late Abraham Pais ws Detlev W. Bronk Professor at the Rockefeller University and winner of the J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize for 1979.
Abraham Pais
Table of contents
Introductory
Statistical Physics
Relativity, the Special Theory
Relativity, the General Theory
The Later Journey
The Quantum Theory
Journey's End
Appendices
Abraham Pais
Review
""A Masterpiece... the single most comprehensive study of Einstein's scientific work."" - THES
Abraham Pais
Description
2005 has been designated "World Year of Physics" to celebrate the publication of Einstein's Theory of Relativity one hundred years ago. In commemoration of this landmark anniversary, Oxford University Press brings Abraham Pais' major work on Einstein's life and work to a whole new generation of readers.
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.
Throughout the preparation of this book, Pais has had complete access to the Einstein Archives and the invaluable guidance of the late Helen Dukas--formerly Einstein's private secretary Written with Pais' intimate and incomparable knowledge of Einstein, Subtle is the Lord will delight and inspire anyone fascinated by the man whose revolutionary ideas have defined modern physics.
About the author
The late Abraham Pais ws Detlev W. Bronk Professor at the Rockefeller University and winner of the J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize for 1979.
Table of contents
Introductory
Statistical Physics
Relativity, the Special Theory
Relativity, the General Theory
The Later Journey
The Quantum Theory
Journey's End
Appendices
Peter S. Ungar
The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity
Robert Frodeman, Julie Thompson Klein, Roberto Carlos Dos Santos Pacheco
Peter Townsend
Nick Jenkins
Julia Simner
Fred Piper, Sean Murphy
Andrew King
Richard Dawkins
John Finney
David George Bowers, Emyr Martyn Roberts
