Subtle is the Lord
The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
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9780198839446
Publication date:
04/10/2018
Paperback
584 pages
Price: 611.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198839446
Publication date:
04/10/2018
Paperback
584 pages
Abraham Pais
Rights: OUP UK (Indian Territory)
Abraham Pais
Description
Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography combines a profound understanding of Einstein's work with personal recollections from their years of acquaintance, illuminating the man through the development of his scientific thought.
Pais examines the formulation of Einstein's theories of relativity, his work on Brownian motion, and his response to quantum theory with authority and precision. The profound transformation Einstein's ideas effected on the physics of the turn of the century is here laid out for the serious reader. Pais also fills many gaps in what we know of Einstein's life - his interest in philosophy, his concern with Jewish destiny, and his opinions of great figures from Newton to Freud. This remarkable volume, written by a physicist who mingled in Einstein's scientific circle, forms a timeless and classic biography of the towering figure of twentieth-century science.
About the Author
The late Abraham Pais ws Detlev W. Bronk Professor at the Rockefeller University and winner of the J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize for 1979.
Abraham Pais
Table of contents
Introductory
Statistical Physics
Relativity, the Special Theory
Relativity, the General Theory
The Later Journey
The Quantum Theory
Journey's End
Appendices
Abraham Pais
Features
- The most authoritative guide available to the life and thought of the 20th century's most famous scientist.
- The author is uniquely placed to cast light on Einstein's life and thought: A leading particle physicist himself, who knew Einstein personally and had access to some of his 50,000 pages of letters and science papers after his death.
- No other biography of Einstein is as scientifically authoritative. Subtle is the Lord has, since publication, been widely acclaimed as the classic biography in this regard.
Abraham Pais
Review
"A Masterpiece... the single most comprehensive study of Einstein's scientific work." - THES
Description
Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography combines a profound understanding of Einstein's work with personal recollections from their years of acquaintance, illuminating the man through the development of his scientific thought.
Pais examines the formulation of Einstein's theories of relativity, his work on Brownian motion, and his response to quantum theory with authority and precision. The profound transformation Einstein's ideas effected on the physics of the turn of the century is here laid out for the serious reader. Pais also fills many gaps in what we know of Einstein's life - his interest in philosophy, his concern with Jewish destiny, and his opinions of great figures from Newton to Freud. This remarkable volume, written by a physicist who mingled in Einstein's scientific circle, forms a timeless and classic biography of the towering figure of twentieth-century science.
About the Author
The late Abraham Pais ws Detlev W. Bronk Professor at the Rockefeller University and winner of the J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize for 1979.
Reviews
"A Masterpiece... the single most comprehensive study of Einstein's scientific work." - THES
Read MoreTable of contents
Introductory
Statistical Physics
Relativity, the Special Theory
Relativity, the General Theory
The Later Journey
The Quantum Theory
Journey's End
Appendices
