Albert Einstein: 53 books

A fascinating collection of Einstein’s observations about life, religion, nationalism, and a host of personal topics that engaged the genius’s intellect In the aftermath of the First World War, Einstein writes about his hopes for the League of Nations, his feelings as a German citizen about...

The kindly, white-heaired old fellow with the bushy mustache once called "the world's grandfather," Albert Einstein was easily the twentieth century's most remarkable and revered man of science. His leaps of imagination changed forever the way we look at the universe. He gained international...

A handsome annotated edition of Einstein’s celebrated book on relativity After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special...

A lively collection of Einstein’s groundbreaking scientific correspondence on modern physics Imagine getting four of the greatest minds of modern physics in a room together to explain and debate the theories and innovations of their day. This is the fascinating experience of reading Letters...

An inspiring collection of the great thinker’s views on a rapidly changing world Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931...

Texte intégral révisé suivi des biographies d'Albert Einstein et de Sigmund Freud. Initié en 1932 par l'Institut International de Coopération Intellectuelle de la Société des Nations (futur Unesco) -- qui diffusait alors un discours humaniste afin de lutter contre la montée des nationalismes...

Hay científicos que, pese a realizar contribuciones fundamentales, apenas obtienen reconocimiento fuera de su ámbito académico. Otros adquieren fama a través de libros y programas de divulgación científica. Pero muy pocos, como Albert Einstein, han pasado a formar parte de la iconografía popular....

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no formal introduction, as he is known around the world as one of historys most brilliant geniuses and one of its most influential scientists. Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to...

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no formal introduction, as he is known around the world as one of historys most brilliant geniuses and one of its most influential scientists. Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to...

In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These...

How better to learn the Special Theory of Relativity and the General Theory of Relativity than directly from their creator, Albert Einstein himself? In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and...

Il giornalista e scrittore Lincoln Barnett pubblica nel 1948 questa introduzione al pensiero di Albert Einstein, rivolgendosi principalmente al lettore non specialista. Con un linguaggio semplice e scorrevole, senza però arretrare davanti alla complessità della materia trattata, Barnett riesce a...

Invitato a parlare della propria vita per un volume celebrativo del suo settantesimo compleanno, Albert Einstein, sempre restio a ogni forma di pubblicità personale, invece di scrivere della sua esistenza privata scelse di rievocare gli sviluppi del suo pensiero: dalle prime curiosità all’affermarsi...

Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory...