Physics

New Book on Albert Einstein Offers an Accessible and Engaging Introduction to the Influential Physicist’s Life and Work

NEW YORK, NY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021 — Albert Einstein is the best-known scientist, and one of the most famous people,…

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The Quantum Universe: And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does

What a gloriously readable book about a question that most of us can barely understand but often attempt to answer:…

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Einstein and Our World

Einstein and Our World is in many ways like an engaging, introductory school course—so effectively conveyed that it might inspire…

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The Cosmic Connection

We’re doomed! …or not. In The Cosmic Connection, Jeff Kanipe tackles the Earth’s place in the universe, and how other…

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Einstein in Berlin: In the Footsteps of a Genius

When Albert Einstein came to Berlin in 1914, in the months before the outbreak of the First World War, he…

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Einstein’s Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius

Ohanian’s book begins by presenting Albert Einstein as a young graduate student seeking a university appointment before accepting a discouraging…

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Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius

Einstein and Oppenheimer examines the lives of two of the 20th century’s most consequential physicists. The book is not a…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Niels Bohr

1. Niels Bohr worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, which eventually led to the development of the…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Marie Curie

1. Marie Curie (1867-1934) attended Warsaw’s “floating” or “flying” university, where classes were held underground in secret since women were…

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The Cat’s Out of the Bag: What do Erwin Schrödinger and T. S. Eliot have in common?

At first glance, a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist and American-born poet stand as far apart as science and literature usually do.…

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