An Einstein Encyclopedia / / Alice Calaprice, Robert Schulmann, Daniel Kennefick.
This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritat...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 41 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chronology
- Credo: "What I Believe"
- Part I. The Personal and Family Spheres
- Vital Information: Certificates in Facsimile
- Birth Information
- Archives
- Awards, Honorary Degrees, and Honorary Memberships in Foreign Societies
- Career
- Citizenships and Immigration to the United States
- Domiciles
- Education and Schools Attended
- Einstein Papers Project (EPP) and The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (CPAE)
- Fame
- Family
- Friends
- Health
- Myths and Misconceptions
- Pastimes
- Romantic Interests: Actual, Probable, and Possible
- Secretaries
- Teachers
- Travels and Travel Diaries
- Death
- Part II. A Life in Science
- Annus Mirabilis
- Assistants
- Collaborators
- Colleagues
- Concepts
- Doctoral Dissertation
- Influential Scientific Forebears and Contemporaries
- Lectures, Major Scientific
- Nobel Prize
- Patents and Inventions
- Philosophy of Science (contributed by Thomas Ryckman, Stanford University)
- Quantum Theory
- Relativity Theory
- Rivals
- Scientific Papers
- Scientific Sidelights
- Solvay Conferences
- Thought Experiments
- Unified Field Theory
- Part III. Identity and Principles
- Civil and Human Rights
- Education: Einstein's Views
- Jewish Identity and Ties
- Organizational Ties
- Political Contexts
- Political Philosophy
- Religion
- Appendixes
- Appendix A. Select Books and Documentaries
- Appendix B. Copyright, Licensing, and Permissions
- Appendix C. Select Annotated Bibliography
- References
- Index