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Einstein's Berlin:

In the Footsteps of a Genius

ISBN-13: 9781421410401
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
By Dieter Hoffmann
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Local release date: 14/12/2013
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 272g
Categories: History of science [PDX]

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Lured by a top academic position sponsored by the Prussian Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein moved from Zurich to Berlin in 1914 and lived there until 1932, just weeks before Hitler became chancellor of Germany. During this fraught economic and political time, Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, gained worldwide fame, supported democratic, socialist, pacifist, and Zionist causes, and withstood the growing ire of ultranationalists. Naturally, he became entwined in a network of people and places throughout the city. With a foreword by Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, Einstein's Berlin combines narrative, maps, and period photographs to tell this story in the form of a sophisticated, annotated city guide, allowing readers and travelers to follow the physicists footsteps throughout Berlin. Dieter Hoffmann conveys how Einsteins life and work were linked to the scientific and social life of the city and inspires the reader to explore the places where he made his mark.

Foreword, by Walter Kohn
Preface 2013
Preface
Einstein in Berlin
1. The Berlin Apartments
2. Einstein's Workplaces in Berlin
3. Homo Politicus
4. A Circle of Friends and Acquaintances
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Name Index
Location and Street Index
Institution Index

""Hoffman's book provides a detailed, engaged, and competent source of information on Einstein's years in Berlin and succeeds in its aim...""

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In the Footsteps of a Genius