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===Books about Einstein===
 
===Books about Einstein===
* Abraham Pais ''Subtle is the Lord: the science and the life of Albert Einstein'', Oxford University Press, 2005
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* Barry Parker, ''Einstein's Dream: The Search For A Unified Theory Of The Universe'', 2001 [http://www.barryparkerbooks.com/einstein_s_dream__the_search_for_a_unified_theory_of_the_universe_26747.htm]
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* Abraham Pais, ''Subtle is the Lord: the science and the life of Albert Einstein'', Oxford University Press, 2005
 
* Don McLeese, Albert Einstein [Bilingual ed.], Rourke Publications, 2005
 
* Don McLeese, Albert Einstein [Bilingual ed.], Rourke Publications, 2005
 
* Stephen Hawking, ''A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein'', Running Press, 2009
 
* Stephen Hawking, ''A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein'', Running Press, 2009

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Einstein's official 1921 portrait after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Born March 14, 1879(1879-03-14)
Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died April 18, 1955(1955-04-18) (aged 76)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Albert Einstein in fuzzy slippers.jpg

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity.

Literature

(in German unless noted)

Articles by Einstein

Books by Einstein

  • Geometrie und Erfahrung, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1921. (in German).
  • About Zionism. Speeches and Letters, MacMillan, 1931 (English transl.)
  • On the Method of Theoretical Psysics, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933. (in English)
  • Mein Welbild, Amsterdam: Querido Verlag, 1934. (in German)
  • Out of my later years, New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. (in English)
    • Aus meinen spater Jahren, Stuttgard: Deutsche Verlag-Anstalt, 1984. (in German).
  • Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement, Dover publications, 1956. (in English)
  • with Leopold Infeld, Evolution of physics, Touchstone, 1967
  • Ausgewählte Texte, Herausgegeben von Hans Christian Meiser, 1986 (German)

Translations

In French
in Romanian

Books about Einstein

  • Barry Parker, Einstein's Dream: The Search For A Unified Theory Of The Universe, 2001 [1]
  • Abraham Pais, Subtle is the Lord: the science and the life of Albert Einstein, Oxford University Press, 2005
  • Don McLeese, Albert Einstein [Bilingual ed.], Rourke Publications, 2005
  • Stephen Hawking, A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein, Running Press, 2009

External links