About this title: Albert Einstein and Max Born were great friends. Their letters span 40 years and two world wars. In them they argue about quantum theory, agree about Beethoven's heavenly violin and piano duets (that they played together when they met) and chat about their families. Equally important, the men commiserate over the tragic plight of European Jewry and discuss what part they should play in the tumultuous politics of the time. Fascinating historically, The Born-Einstein Letters is also highly topical: scientists continue to struggle with quantum physics, their role in wartime and the public's ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2005-01-15
ISBN-13:9781403944962ISBN:1403944962
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781403944962ISBN:1403944962
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Description: New York NY, Walker & Co, 1971, hardcover, first American edition translated by Irene Born, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light wear to spine ends and lower corners. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, rubs, light edge nicks, one short tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The correspondence between Albert Einstein and Max and Hedwig Born, 1916-1955 with commentaries by Max Born. Illustrated with 4 pages of black-and-white plates and a frontisportait ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781403944962ISBN:1403944962
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781403944962ISBN:1403944962
Description: New. Albert Einstein and Max Born were great friends. Their letters span 40 years and two world wars. In them they argue about quantum theory, agree about Beethoven's heavenly violin and piano duets (that they played together when they met) and chat about... read more
Description: Good. 1403944962 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"This book gives one a real appreciation and insight into the historical events these gentlemen were part of. One gets a feel for the events of WW1 and WW2 and how the great physicists operated to help advance physics. It also reveals the very human aspects of these men."
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