CHRONOLOGY: chronology
of Einstein facts including a detailed
chronology of 1905.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: books
by & about Einstein.
TOPICS:
- Einstein's physics: his predecessors
and colleagues; the quantum
of light, special theory of
relativity (and E=mc²), the
general theory of relativity
(and prediction of warped space),
theory of stimulated emission
(the laser), the debates
with Niels Bohr over the quantum, cosmology
(the expanding universe), and unified
field theory.
- Political life: Einstein's early
pacifism, world fame, defense
of the Weimar Republic, fight
with anti-Semitism, examples of his work
for social justice (1930s), his letter
to Roosevelt on atomic bombs, and postwar work
for peace and freedom.
- Career and home life: Einstein's childhood,
Swiss
education, patent office
job, marriage to Mileva, recreations,
move to the U.S., and life
in later years.
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