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An Einstein encyclopedia / Alice Calaprice, Daniel Kennefick, and Robert Schulmann.

By: Calaprice, Alice [author.].
Contributor(s): Kennefick, Daniel [author.] | Schulmann, Robert J [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: EBL-Schweitzer.Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2015Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400873364; 1400873363.Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Encyclopedias | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Einstein, Albert | Physicists -- Biography -- Encyclopedias | Relativity (Physics) -- History -- Encyclopedias | Physics -- History -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias | Relativit�e (Physique) -- Histoire -- Encyclop�edies | Physique -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle -- Encyclop�edies | SCIENCE -- Energy | SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General | SCIENCE -- Physics -- General | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology | Physicists | Physics | Relativity (Physics) | 1900-1999Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Encyclopedia | Electronic books. | encyclopedias. | Encyclopedias. | History. | Encyclopedias. | Encyclop�edies.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Einstein encyclopedia.DDC classification: 530.092 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Credo: "What I believe" -- The personal and family spheres -- A life in science -- Identity and principles.
Summary: This encyclopedia contains entries on Albert Einstein's life and work. Entries on Einstein's scientific theories provide background and context, along with details about his assistants, collaborators, and rivals, as well as physics concepts related to his work. Coverage of Einstein's role in public life includes entries on his Jewish identity, humanitarian and civil rights involvements, political and educational philosophies, and religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.

Credo: "What I believe" -- The personal and family spheres -- A life in science -- Identity and principles.

This encyclopedia contains entries on Albert Einstein's life and work. Entries on Einstein's scientific theories provide background and context, along with details about his assistants, collaborators, and rivals, as well as physics concepts related to his work. Coverage of Einstein's role in public life includes entries on his Jewish identity, humanitarian and civil rights involvements, political and educational philosophies, and religion.

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