The Resource "Subtle is the Lord-- " : the science and the life of Albert Einstein, Abraham Pais
"Subtle is the Lord-- " : the science and the life of Albert Einstein, Abraham Pais
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- Summary
- A biography of Albert Einstein, told through various scientific and technical correspondences, including those with Michele Besso. Pais discusses the world of physics before Einstein, during Einstein's time and the impact on the scientific world after his death
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 552 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Purpose and plan
- Relativity theory and quantum theory
- Portrait of the physicist as a young man
- Entropy and probability
- The reality of molecules
- "Subtle is the Lord-- "
- The new kinematics
- The edge of history
- "The happiest thought of my life"
- Herr Professor Einstein
- The Prague papers
- The Einstein-Grossmann collaboration
- Field theories of gravitation : the first fifty years
- The field equations of gravitation
- The new dynamics
- "The suddenly famous Doctor Einstein"
- Unified field theory
- Preliminaries
- The light quantum
- Einstein and specific heats
- The photon
- Interlude : the BKS proposal
- A loss of identity : the birth of quantum statistics
- Einstein as a transitional figure : the birth of wave mechanics
- Einstein's response to the new dynamics
- Einstein's vision
- The final decade
- Epilogue
- Of tensors and a hearing aid and many other things : Einstein's collaborators
- How Einstein got the Nobel prize
- Einstein's proposals for the Nobel prize
- An Einstein chronology
- Isbn
- 9780198539070
- Label
- "Subtle is the Lord-- " : the science and the life of Albert Einstein
- Title
- "Subtle is the Lord-- "
- Title remainder
- the science and the life of Albert Einstein
- Statement of responsibility
- Abraham Pais
- Title variation
- Science and the life of Albert Einstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A biography of Albert Einstein, told through various scientific and technical correspondences, including those with Michele Besso. Pais discusses the world of physics before Einstein, during Einstein's time and the impact on the scientific world after his death
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 204531
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1918-2000
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pais, Abraham
- Dewey number
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- 530/.092/4
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC16.E5
- LC item number
- P26 1982
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Einstein, Albert
- Einstein, Albert
- Physicists
- Physics
- Physicists
- Physics
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- the science and the life of Albert Einstein
- Label
- "Subtle is the Lord-- " : the science and the life of Albert Einstein, Abraham Pais
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Purpose and plan -- Relativity theory and quantum theory -- Portrait of the physicist as a young man -- Entropy and probability -- The reality of molecules -- "Subtle is the Lord-- " -- The new kinematics -- The edge of history -- "The happiest thought of my life" -- Herr Professor Einstein -- The Prague papers -- The Einstein-Grossmann collaboration -- Field theories of gravitation : the first fifty years -- The field equations of gravitation -- The new dynamics -- "The suddenly famous Doctor Einstein" -- Unified field theory -- Preliminaries -- The light quantum -- Einstein and specific heats -- The photon -- Interlude : the BKS proposal -- A loss of identity : the birth of quantum statistics -- Einstein as a transitional figure : the birth of wave mechanics -- Einstein's response to the new dynamics -- Einstein's vision -- The final decade -- Epilogue -- Of tensors and a hearing aid and many other things : Einstein's collaborators -- How Einstein got the Nobel prize -- Einstein's proposals for the Nobel prize -- An Einstein chronology
- Control code
- ocm08195995
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 552 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780198539070
- Lccn
- 82002273
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)8195995
- Label
- "Subtle is the Lord-- " : the science and the life of Albert Einstein, Abraham Pais
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Purpose and plan -- Relativity theory and quantum theory -- Portrait of the physicist as a young man -- Entropy and probability -- The reality of molecules -- "Subtle is the Lord-- " -- The new kinematics -- The edge of history -- "The happiest thought of my life" -- Herr Professor Einstein -- The Prague papers -- The Einstein-Grossmann collaboration -- Field theories of gravitation : the first fifty years -- The field equations of gravitation -- The new dynamics -- "The suddenly famous Doctor Einstein" -- Unified field theory -- Preliminaries -- The light quantum -- Einstein and specific heats -- The photon -- Interlude : the BKS proposal -- A loss of identity : the birth of quantum statistics -- Einstein as a transitional figure : the birth of wave mechanics -- Einstein's response to the new dynamics -- Einstein's vision -- The final decade -- Epilogue -- Of tensors and a hearing aid and many other things : Einstein's collaborators -- How Einstein got the Nobel prize -- Einstein's proposals for the Nobel prize -- An Einstein chronology
- Control code
- ocm08195995
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 552 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780198539070
- Lccn
- 82002273
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)8195995
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