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Albert Einstein

(1879-1955)

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Websites

Einstein – Image and Impact
www.aip.org/history/einstein/
Comprehensive site from the American Institute of Physics, with nice images.

Einstein Year 2005
www.einsteinyear.org
100 years ago Einstein changed the way we see the world with his theories. This site has all the information about the events in 2005 to celebrate this anniversary.

Books

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Einstein: A life in science by John Gribbin and Michael White (Free Press, 2005)
This biography of Albert Einstein is also an accessible introduction to his scientific theories.
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Introducing Einstein by Joseph Schwartz (Icon Books, 1999)
Considers the mathematic tradition from as far back in history as Babylonian times up until Einstein's most famous equation.
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Three Roads to Quantim Gravity by Lee Smolin (Phoenix, 2001)
The Holy Grail of modern physics is a quantum gravity view of the Universe that unites Einstein's general relativity with quantum theory. In this book, the author provides an overview of current attempts to reconcile these theories.
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Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by Richard Gott (Phoenix, 2002)
A thoughtful and entertaining romp through science fiction and real science, without blurring the distinction between the two.
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