Subtle is the Lord: the science and the life of Albert Einstein

Abraham Pais0192806726, 9780192806727

2005 has been designated “World Year of Physics” to celebrate the publication of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity one hundred years ago. In commemoration of this landmark anniversary, Oxfor University Press brings Abraham Pais’ major work on Einstein’s life and work to a whole new generation of readers. Since the death of Albert Einstein in 1955 there have been many books and articles written about the man and an numbe of attempts to “explain” relativity. Throughout the preparatio of this book, Pais has had complete access to the Einstein Archives and the invaluable guidance of the late Helen Dukas–formerly Einstein’s private secretary Written with Pais’ intimate and incomparable knowledge of Einstein, Subtle is the Lord will delight an dinspire anyone fascinated by the man whose revolutinary ideas have defined modern physics.