A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion

by Hawking, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780762430031
• ISBN10: 0762430036
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-26
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

From the work that "made" modern scientific thought and his importantiscoveries, to his later musings on his landmark findings and hishilosophical essays on Zionism and other important issues of the 20thentury, "Einstein" is the most extensive anthology of the scientist, and thenly one to provide the wide breadth of his work. The works included in thenthology include: "The Principle of Relativity" (1920); "Space-Time" (1929);About Zionism" (1930); "Cosmic Religion" (1931); "The World As I See It"1934); "The Evolution of Physics" (1938); "The Meaning of Relativity" (1945);nd, "Out of My Later Years" (1950);At the beginning of each chapter,tephen Hawking gives a short summary of the work, highlighting itsignificance, followed by an unabridged reproduction of Einstein's originalssay.

Author Biography

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 On the Shoulders of Giants and The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Principle of Relativity	p. 1
Relativity, the Special and General Theory	p. 125
Sidelights on Relativity	p. 235
Selection from The Meaning of Relativity, "Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics"	p. 263
Selections from The Evolution of Physics, "Relativity, Field" and "Quanta"	p. 283
Autobiographical Notes	p. 337
Selections from Out of My Later Years	p. 383
Index	p. 457
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