Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist

by Andrew Robinson

Book Overview

A "highly readable" (Wall Street Journal) account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life--first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis

"A vivid look at how the U.K. affected the German-born physicist's life and thinking." --Publishers Weekly

"Robinson has that rare knack for presenting a near-encyclopedic volume of historical information, anecdotes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300234767
• ISBN13: 9780300234763
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"