Cover of Albert Einstein: And the Frontiers of Physics

Albert Einstein: And the Frontiers of Physics

Part of the Oxford Portraits in Science series

Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

Subject
sciencebiographyhistory
Setting
germany
Audience
adult
Length
short · 189 pages

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