num_pages: 480
description: Best-selling author and physicist Stephen Hawking assembles the most groundbreaking works by Albert Einstein together into one volume. From the text that revealed the famous Theory of Relativity-renowned as the most important scientific discovery of the 20th Century-to his significant works on quantum theory statistical mechanics and the photoelectric effect here are the writings that changed physics and subsequently the way we view the world. Einstein also thought deeply on both political issues and religious thought so many of Einsteins philosophical essays are included. Hawking provides introductions to each work which provides both historical and scientific perspective. From the papers that shaped modern scientific thought to Einsteins later musings on his landmark findings A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion is a collection of Einsteins most important work with commentary from our greatest living physicist.
language: English
title: A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein
publisher: Running Press