Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist /
Andrew Robinson.
- xvii, 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Prologue: A wanderer on the face of the Earth -- 1. The happiest thought of my life -- 2. Hats off to the fellows! from a Swiss Jew -- 3. A stinking flower in a German buttonhole -- 4. God does not play dice with the universe -- 5. A barbarian among the holy brotherhood in tails -- 6. The reality of nature and the nature of reality -- 7. On the run -- 8. I vill a little t'ink -- Epilogue: An old gypsy in a quaint and ceremonious village
The first account of how Britain gave sanctuary to Einstein - initially by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis.
9780300234763 : (hbk.) £16.99
GBB9B5600 bnb
019452698 Uk
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 --Biography. Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount, 1886-1957 Born, Max, 1882-1970.
General relativity (Physics)--History--20th century. Physics--History.--Great Britain