Einstein's greatest mistake
Subtitle: a biography
By: David Bodanis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780544808560
Subjects: Physicists; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Victorian childhood; title: Coming of age; title: Annus mirabilis; title: Only the beginning; title: Glimpsing a solution; title: Time to think; title: Sharpening the tools; title: The greatest idea; title: True or false?; title: Totality; title: Cracks in the foundation; title: Rising tensions; title: The queen of hearts is black; title: Finally at ease; title: Crushing the upstart; title: Uncertainty of the modern age; title: Arguing with the dane; title: Dispersions; title: Isolation in Princeton; title: The end.