The New Quotable Einstein

Alice Calaprice

408 pages, parution le 18/04/2005

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For the first time in paperback, here is a newly expanded edition of the best-selling book that was hailed as "setting a new standard" for quotation books. Tens of thousands of readers have enjoyed The Quotable Einstein and The Expanded Quotable Einstein, with translations into twenty-two languages. This updated edition--which appears on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and the 50th anniversary of Einstein's death--offers more than 300 new quotations, or over 1,200 altogether. Nearly all are by Einstein himself and a few are about the self-professed "lone wolf" Time magazine named "Man of the Century" at the turn of the millennium.

The New Quotable Einstein also includes a new section, "On Aging," and fresh material has been added to the appendix-from a touching account by Helen Dukas of Einstein's last days to a day-by-day summary of Johanna Fantova's telephone conversations with Einstein during the final year and a half of his life.

Also included are a poem called "Einstein," by Robert Service; and three virtually unknown verses to the song "As Time Goes By" (made famous in the movie Casablanca) that refer to Einstein. New photographs have been selected to introduce each section of the book.

Through well-documented quotations and supplementary information, The New Quotable Einstein provides a bigger and better biographical account of this multifaceted man-as son, husband, father, lover, scientist, philosopher, aging widower, humanitarian, and friend. It shows us even more vividly why the real and imagined Einstein continues to fascinate people across the world into the twenty-first century.

300-plus new quotations, more than 1,200 in all
A day-by-day summary of Johanna Fantova's phone conversations with Einstein toward the end of his life
A touching account of Einstein's last days
A new section, "On Aging"
Three virtually unknown original verses of the song "As Time Goes By" (from the movie Casablanca) that refer to Einstein
Robert Service's poem "Einstein"

L'auteur - Alice Calaprice

Alice Calaprice was until recently a Senior Editor at Princeton University Press, where she worked with the Einstein Papers for more than twenty years. She is also the author of The Einstein Almanac and coauthor of a forthcoming biography of Einstein for teenagers.

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Sommaire

Foreword, By Freeman Dyson
Preface And Acknowledgments
A Note About The New Edition
Einstein Family Tree
Chronology
The Quotations
On Einstein Himself
On His Family
On America and Americans
On Aging
On Death
On Education and Academic Freedom
On Friends, Specific Scientists, and Others
On Germans and Germany
On Humankind
On Jews, Israel, Judaism, and Zionism
On Life
On Music
On Pacifism
On Peace, War, the Bomb, and the Military
On Politics, Patriotism, and Government
On Religion, God, and Philosophy
On Science and Scientists, Mathematics, and Technology
On Miscellaneous Subjects
Attributed to Einstein
Others on Einstein
Answers to the Most Common Nonscientific
Appendix
Bibliography
Index of Key Words
Subject Index

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Alice Calaprice
Parution	18/04/2005
Nb. de pages	408
Format	14 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	522g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691120751
ISBN13	978-0-691-12075-1