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Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xxiii, 151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
Draws from various sources to relate Albert Einstein's ethical and philosophical views on the cosmos, touching on such topics as God, prayer, wealth, peace, creativity, nature, imagination, and curiosity.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations
Description
Because three-year-old Albie, who would one day be known as Albert Einstein, has never spoken, his concerned family takes him to a doctor who recommends a series of activities that might stimulate him to talk.
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Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 5
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This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.
8) Genius
Author
Publisher
:01 First Second Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
126 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Facing unemployment if he cannot present new research to the scientific community, quantum physicist Ted Marx tries to coerce his father-in-law into revealing a profound and devastating secret that Einstein entrusted to him.
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Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. A self-pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life, democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the social impact of his discoveries.
Much of Einstein's life is shrouded...
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Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
ix, 191 pages : portrait, frontispiece ; 22 cm.
Description
The commonly held view of Albert Einstein is of an eccentric genius for whom the pursuit of science was everything. But in actuality, the brilliant innovator whose Theory of Relativity forever reshaped our understanding of time was a man of his times, always politically engaged and driven by strong moral principles. An avowed pacifist, Einstein's mistrust of authority and outspoken social and scientific views earned him death threats from Nazi sympathizers...
18) Caught
Author
Series
The missing volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
343 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.
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"Best known for his general theory of relativity and the famous equation linking mass and energy, E = mc², Albert Einstein had a lasting impact on the world of science, the extent of which is illuminated--along with his fascinating life and unique personality--in this lively history. In addition to learning all about Einstein's important contributions to science, from proving the existence and size of atoms and launching the field of quantum mechanics...
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