Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: the Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein

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Preliminaries; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN HAWKING; THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY; RELATIVITY THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY; SIDELIGHTS ON RELATIVITY; SELECTION FROM THE MEANING OFRELATIVITY, "SPACE AND TIME INPRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS"; SELECTIONS FROM THE EVOLUTIONOF PHYSICS, "RELATIVITY, FIELD"AND "QUANTA"; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; SELECTIONS FROM OUT OF MY LATER YEARS; INDEX.;With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it "a gem of a collection" while New Scientist magazine notes the "thrill of reading Einstein's own words." From the writings that revealed the famous Theory of Relativity, to other papers that shook the scientific world of the 20th century, A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion belongs in every science fan's library. Preliminaries CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN HAWKING THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY RELATIVITY THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY SIDELIGHTS ON RELATIVITY SELECTION FROM THE MEANING OFRELATIVITY, "SPACE AND TIME INPRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS" SELECTIONS FROM THE EVOLUTIONOF PHYSICS, "RELATIVITY, FIELD"AND "QUANTA" AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES SELECTIONS FROM OUT OF MY LATER YEARS INDEX.