Book ID: CBB000009711

Einstein: A centenary volume (1979)

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French, A. P. (Editor)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 1979
Physical Details: xx + 332 pp.; illus.; index

Description Contents: Part 1: Reminiscences, by C. P. Snow, Maurice Solovine, P. Speziali, Louis de Broglie, L. L. Whyte, John Archibald Wheeler, Philipp Frank, Edward Teller, Philippe Halsman, George Gamow, Ernst G. Straus, Eugene P. Wigner, John G. Kemeny, A. Pais, Robert S. Shankland, Cohen, I. Bernard, Pablo Casals, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Part 2: Einstein and his work. Bergia, Silvio: Einstein and the birth of special relativity. French, A. P.: The story of general relativity. Bondi, Hermann: Relativity theory and gravitation. E. M. Rogers, I. B. Cohen: The equivalence principle demonstrated. Klein, Martin J.: Einstein and the development of quantum physics. Holton, Gerald: What, precisely, is “thinking”? Einstein's answer. Kuznetsov, B.: Einstein, science, and culture. French, A. P.: Einstein and world affairs. Tauber, G. E.: Einstein and Zionism. Klein, Martin J.: Einstein and the academic establishment. Loria, Arturo: Einstein and education. Hörz, H.: Philosophical concepts of space and time. Burge, E. J.: Einstein on postage stamps. Dorling, Geoffrey: Approaches to the teaching of special relativity. Part 3: Einstein's letters. Part 4: Einstein's writings.


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Review Bonner, W.B. (1979) Review of "Einstein: A centenary volume". Nature (p. 823). unapi

Review Ronan, C.A. (1979) Review of "Einstein: A centenary volume". Journal of the British Astronomical Association (pp. 517-18). unapi

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