Einstein : his life and universe / Walter Isaacson.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
Descrizione fisica:
XXII, 675 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. Main characters. 1. The light beam rider 2. Childhood (1879-1896) 3. The Zurich polytechnic (1896-1900) 4. The lovers (1900-1904) 5. The miracle year: quanta and molecules (1905) 6. Special relativity (1905) 7. The happiest thoughts (1906-1909) 8. The wandering professor (1909-1914) 9. General relativity (1911-1915) 10. Divorce (1916-1919) 11. Einstein's universe (1916-1919) 12. Fame (1919) 13. The wandering zionist (1920-1927) 15. Unified field theories (1923-1931) 17. Einstein's God 18. The refugee (1932-1933) 19. America (1933-1939) 20. Quantum entanglement (1935) 21. The bomb (1939-1945) 22. One worlder (1945-1948) 23. Landmark (1948-1953) 24. Red scare (1951-1954) 25. The end (1955). Epilogue: Einstein's brain and Einstein's mind. Source. Notes. Index
