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A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein Paperback – September 29, 2009
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- Print length480 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 29, 2009
- Dimensions6 x 1.21 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10076243564X
- ISBN-13978-0762435647
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"Hawking's book is stimulating and provides the reader with motivation for studying physics and engaging the universe."
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- Publisher : Running Press Adult (September 29, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 076243564X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0762435647
- Item Weight : 1.24 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.21 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #879,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #368 in Relativity Physics (Books)
- #1,590 in Scientist Biographies
- #3,895 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books)
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Stephen Hawking's ability to make science understandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the publication of his first book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 languages. Hawking has authored or participated in the creation of numerous other popular science books, including The Universe in a Nutshell, A Briefer History of Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants, and George's Secret Key to the Universe.
(Stephen William Hawking; Oxford, Reino Unido, 8 de Enero de 1942 - Cambridge, 14 de marzo de 2018) Físico teórico británico. A pesar de sus discapacidades físicas y de las progresivas limitaciones impuestas por la enfermedad degenerativa que padecía, Stephen William Hawking es probablemente el físico más conocido entre el gran público desde los tiempos de Einstein. Luchador y triunfador, a lo largo de toda su vida logró sortear la inmensidad de impedimentos que le planteó el mal de Lou Gehrig, una esclerosis lateral amiotrófica que le aquejaba desde que tenía 20 años. Hawking es, sin duda, un ejemplo particular de vitalidad y resistencia frente al infortunio del destino.
Fue miembro de la Real Sociedad de Londres, de la Academia Pontificia de las Ciencias y de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Estados Unidos. Fue titular de la Cátedra Lucasiana de Matemáticas (Lucasian Chair of Mathematics) de la Universidad de Cambridge desde 1979 hasta su jubilación en 2009. Entre las numerosas distinciones que le han sido concedidas, Hawking ha sido honrado con doce doctorados honoris causa y ha sido galardonado con la Orden del Imperio Británico (grado CBE) en 1982, el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia en 1989, la Medalla Copley en 2006, la Medalla de la Libertad en 2009 y el Premio Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento en 2015.
Alcanzó éxitos de ventas con sus trabajos divulgativos sobre Ciencia, en los que discute sobre sus propias teorías y la cosmología en general; estos incluyen A Brief History of Time, que estuvo en la lista de best-sellers del The Sunday Times británico durante 237 semanas.
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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was born in Germany and became an American citizen in 1940. A world-famous theoretical physicist, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics and is renowned for his Theory of Relativity. In addition to his scientific work, Einstein was an influential humanist who spoke widely about politics, ethics, and social causes. After leaving Europe, Einstein taught at Princeton University. His theories were instrumental in shaping the atomic age.
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If you want the essential scientific works of Einstein all in one beautiful book, this is it.
Granted, this is a *selection* from his writings, so you could have a more complete collection by buying his other books individually. But at more than 450 pages, this is a generous collection. And if Hawking thinks these are the essential works, I'm inclined to believe him. It's a mixed bag of popular writings, scientific autobiography, lectures, essays, and original papers.
The contents are as follows, each with a brief introduction by Hawking:
1. Selections from The Principle of Relativity - 7 original papers by Einstein from 1905-1919, including the original papers proposing the theory of relativity and E=mc2.
2. Relativity: The Special and General Theory - the complete contents, with the exception of Appendix V.
3. Sidelights on Relativity
4. Selections from The Meaning of Relativity
5. Selections from The Evolution of Physics
6. Autobiographical Notes
7. Selections from Out of My Later Years
(Shame on the publishers for making Hawking's named bigger than Einstein on the cover and for putting "Hawking on Einstein" on the spine when in fact "Einstein on Einstein" would be more accurate.)
For anyone who wants to read Einstein's explanations of his greatest discoveries, this is the book to get.
Otherwise it reads like a good college Mathematics textbook - a slow and rewarding read if you have time to digest it.
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