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Einstein in Bohemia

By Gordin, Michael D.

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Einstein in Bohemia

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In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of theoretical physics. Though he intended to make Prague his home, he lived there for just sixteen months, an interlude that his biographies typically dismiss as a brief and inconsequential episode. Einstein in Bohemia is a spellbinding portrait of the city that touched Einstein's life in unexpected ways--and of the gifted young scientist who left his mark on the science, literature, and politics of Prague. Michael Gordin's narrative is a masterfully crafted account of a person encountering a particular place at a specific moment in time. Despite being heir to almost a millennium of history, Einstein's Prague was a relatively marginal city within the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire. Yet Prague, its history, and its multifaceted culture changed the trajectories of Einstein's personal and scientific life. Einstein in Bohemia sheds light on this transformative period of Einstein's life and career, and brings vividly to life a beguiling city in the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Product details
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
2020-02-11
Publication Date:
2020-02-11
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691177376
ISBN13:
9780691177373
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
653 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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