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BELL, Graham; Waite, Helen E. Make a Joyful Sound Macrae Smith 1961 hard cover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or352690. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO(Subject); Nuland, Sherwin Leonardo da Vinci (Penguin Lives) Viking Adult 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or843377. ISBN #0670893919 / 9780670893911. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO(Subject); Nuland, Sherwin Leonardo da Vinci (Penguin Lives) Viking Adult 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or843377. ISBN #0670893919 / 9780670893911. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A distinguished chronicler of the human body and spirit interprets a Renaissance genius The enigma of the Mona Lisa's smile is not less than the enigma of her creator's life force."In Leonardo da Vinci , Sherwin Nuland whose own work Time has called "awe-inspiring" completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo's insatiable curiosity? How could he be, in the same moment, as naive as a child and as profound as a sage? Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, relationships, and scientific studies--as well as in the manuscripts spotlighted by their sale at auction to Bill Gates. Nuland detects the siren voice that lured the great artist so often into the arms of science--his fascination with anatomy, first as the basis for his paintings and then as the crucial component in his aim to systematize all knowledge of nature. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland's Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
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DE KRUIF, Paul Sweeping Wind: a Memoir Harcourt, Brace and World 1962 hard cover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Small tear to dust jacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or414136. (keywords: Bacteriology Rhea Barbarin Science Biography Popular Writing Arrowsmith Literary) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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De Santillana, Giorgio Crime of Galileo University of Chicago Press 1955 Hard Cover. Book: Clean text. DJ: Sm. pieces missing.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or544140. (keywords: HISTORY INQUISITION RELIGIOUS POLITICAL OPPRESION CONFLICT) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN (Subject); Hamilton, Peter N Albert Einstein Judson Press 1973 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or706011v1. ISBN #0817005951 / 9780817005955. (keywords: einstein biography) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Clark, Ronald W. Einstein : The Life and Times hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1030626. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Clark, Ronald W. Einstein: The Life And Times hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or965784. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Clark, Ronald W. Einstein: The Life And Times hardcover. Book Club edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or998909. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Dukas, Helen (Editor); Hoffman, Banesh (Editor) Albert Einstein, The Human Side: New Glimpses From His Archives hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061856. ISBN #0691023689 / 9780691023687. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Dukas, Helen (Editor); Hoffman, Banesh (Editor) Albert Einstein, The Human Side: New Glimpses From His Archives hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061856. ISBN #0691023689 / 9780691023687. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in these personal papers, most of them never before published, from the Einstein archives. The illustrious physicist wrote as thoughtfully to an Ohio fifth-grader, distressed by her discovery that scientists classify humans as animals, as to a Colorado banker, who asked whether he believed in a personal God. Witty rhymes, and exchange about fine music with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism are but some of the highlights found in this rare, warm enriching book.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Einstein, Albert Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric: The Love Letters Princeton University Press 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108735. ISBN #0691087601 / 9780691087603. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Einstein, Albert Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric: The Love Letters Princeton University Press 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108735. ISBN #0691087601 / 9780691087603. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1903, despite the vehement objections of his parents, Albert Einstein married Mileva Maric, the companion, colleague, and confidante whose influence on his most creative years has given rise to much speculation. Beginning in 1897, after Einstein and Maric met as students at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic, and ending shortly after their marriage, these fifty-four love letters offer a rare glimpse into Einstein's relationship with his first wife while shedding light on his intellectual development in the period before the annus mirabilis of 1905. Unlike the picture of Einstein the lone, isolated thinker of Princeton, he appears here both as the burgeoning enfant terrible of science and as an amorous young man beset, along with his fiance, by financial and personal struggles--among them the illegitimate birth of their daughter, whose existence is known only by these letters. Describing his conflicts with professors and other scientists, his arguments with his mother over Maric, and his difficulty obtaining an academic position after graduation, the letters enable us to reconstruct the youthful Einstein with an unprecedented immediacy. His love for Maric, whom he describes as "a creature who is my equal, and who is as strong and independent as I am," brings forth his serious as well as playful, often theatrical nature. After their marriage, however, Maric becomes less his intellectual companion, and, failing to acquire a teaching certificate, she subordinates her professional goals to his. In the final letters Einstein has obtained a position at the Swiss Patent Office and mentions their daughter one last time to his wife in Hungary, where she is assumed to have placed the girl in the care of relatives. Informative, entertaining, and often very moving, this collection of letters captures for scientists and general readers alike a little known yet crucial period in Einstein's life.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Highfield, Roger; Carter, Paul Private Lives Of Albert Einstein Faber and Faber 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or956672. ISBN #0571167446 / 9780571167449. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Highfield, Roger; Carter, Paul Private Lives Of Albert Einstein Faber and Faber 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or956672. ISBN #0571167446 / 9780571167449. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This is a portrait of Albert Einsten, looking at his life and work from a personal perspective. This biography uncovers Einstein's relationships with his family and the three most important women in his life - his first and second wives and his mother. Drawing from archival evidence from Berlin, Zurich, Boston, Edinburgh and Oxford, and on unpublished papers and interviews with scholars, family and friends, it convincingly challenges the carefully cultivated image of Einsten as a modern saint.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Isaacson, Walter Einstein: His Life And Universe 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137371. ISBN #0743264738 / 9780743264730. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Isaacson, Walter Einstein: His Life And Universe 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137371. ISBN #0743264738 / 9780743264730. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary By the author of the acclaimed bestseller 'Benjamin Franklin', this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk - a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate - became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Levenson, Thomas Einstein in Berlin 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107536. ISBN #0553378449 / 9780553378443. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Levenson, Thomas Einstein in Berlin 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107536. ISBN #0553378449 / 9780553378443. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a book that is both biography and the most exciting form of history, here are eighteen years in the life of a man, Albert Einstein, and a city, Berlin, that were in many ways the defining years of the twentieth century. Einstein in Berlin In the spring of 1913 two of the giants of modern science traveled to Zurich. Their mission: to offer the most prestigious position in the very center of European scientific life to a man who had just six years before been a mere patent clerk. Albert Einstein accepted, arriving in Berlin in March 1914 to take up his new post. In December 1932 he left Berlin forever. Take a good look, he said to his wife as they walked away from their house. You will never see it again. In between, Einstein s Berlin years capture in microcosm the odyssey of the twentieth century. It is a century that opens with extravagant hopes--and climaxes in unparalleled calamity. These are tumultuous times, seen through the life of one man who is at once witness to and architect of his day--and ours. He is present at the events that will shape the journey from the commencement of the Great War to the rumblings of the next one. We begin with the eminent scientist, already widely recognized for his special theory of relativity. His personal life is in turmoil, with his marriage collapsing, an affair under way. Within two years of his arrival in Berlin he makes one of the landmark discoveries of all time: a new theory of gravity--and before long is transformed into the first international pop star of science. He flourishes during a war he hates, and serves as an instrument of reconciliation in the early months of the peace; he becomes first a symbol of the hope of reason, then a focus for the rage and madness of the right. And throughout these years Berlin is an equal character, with its astonishing eruption of revolutionary pathways in art and architecture, in music, theater, and literature. Its wild street life and sexual excesses are notorious. But with the debacle of the depression and Hitler s growing power, Berlin will be transformed, until by the end of 1932 it is no longer a safe home for Einstein. Once a hero, now vilified not only as the perpetrator of Jewish physics but as the preeminent symbol of all that the Nazis loathe, he knows it is time to leave. From the Hardcover edition.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Overbye, Dennis Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance Penguin Books 2001 paperback. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or958558. ISBN #0141002212 / 9780141002217. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Overbye, Dennis Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance Penguin Books 2001 paperback. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or958558. ISBN #0141002212 / 9780141002217. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Einstein in Love , Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern era's most influential thinker.
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Rosenkranz, Ze'ev The Einstein Scrapbook Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117467v1. ISBN #0801872030 / 9780801872037. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN(Subject); Rosenkranz, Ze'ev The Einstein Scrapbook Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117467v1. ISBN #0801872030 / 9780801872037. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Einstein is the personification of supreme intellect, his name synonymous with genius. His scientific theories revolutionized the way we look at reality itself. His legacy of pacificism, Zionism, and social justice continues to inspire millions of people around the world. The Einstein Scrapbook offers a unique glimpse into the life and work of this remarkable man which will delight those for whom he is a hero and those familiar with him only as an icon. Featuring illuminating documents and photographs from his personal papers many published here for the first time it provides a kaleidoscope through which to see the great scientist and humanist anew. The book opens with an engaging and concise biography that explores Einstein's family history and education, his career as a scientist and educator, his complex marital relations, and his role as a father. In subsequent sections, The Einstein Scrapbook presents an overview of Einstein's scientific theories, from his breakthrough articles on the special theory of relativity, quantum theory, and Brownian motion published in 1905 his annus mirabilis through his revolutionary general theory of relativity in 1916 and his final quest for a unified field theory. The book also shows Einstein's role in the international peace movement and his views on social and economic justice, as well as his Jewish identity and his relationship to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, which culminated in his being offered the presidency of Israel in 1952. On the lighter side, this book chronicles Einstein's passion for music and sailing, his charming correspondence with children from around the world, and some of the curious letters he received from fans during his later years, and it concludes with a look at Einstein's mythic status. Drawn from the collection of the Hebrew University's Albert Einstein Archives, The Einstein Scrapbook perfectly reflects Einstein's brilliance, humor, generosity, and nobility. From The Einstein Scrapbook : "Dear Elsa,... If you were to recite the most beautiful poem ever so divinely, the joy I would derive from it would not come close to the joy I experienced when I received the mushrooms and goose cracklings you cooked." "Dear Mother, Good news today. H. A. Lorentz has telegraphed me that the British expeditions have definitely confirmed the deflection of light by the sun. Unfortunately, Maja has written me that you're not only in a lot of pain but that you also have gloomy thoughts. How I would like to keep you company again so that you're not left to ugly brooding... Affectionately yours, Albert" "Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest for all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse for mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations." "I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel to serve as President , and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it. All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official functions. For these reasons alone I should be unsuited to fulfill the duties of that high office, even if advancing age was not making increasing inroads on my strength. I am the more distressed over these circumstances because my relationship to the Jewish people has become my strongest human bond, ever since I became fully aware of our precarious situation among the nations of the world." "Dear Posterity, If you have not become more just, more peaceful, and generally more rational than we are or were why then, the Devil take you. Having, with all respect, given utterance to this pious wish, I am or was Yours, Albert Einstein"
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT Einstein, a Portrait Pomegranate Artbooks 1984 soft cover. Book: Clean text. B&W photos. DJ: Stains.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or560975. ISBN #0917556976 / 9780917556975. (keywords: SCIENTIST PHILOSOPHY) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT Out of My Later Years Philosophical Library, Inc. 1950 hard cover. Clean pages and boards. Browning for end pages. DJ in plastic slip cover with matter missing and slight discoloring.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or522768. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT(Subject); Parsons, Paul 3-minute Einstein: Digesting His Life, Theories, and Influence in 3-minute Morsels MetroBooks 2011 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126621. ISBN #1435130022 / 9781435130029. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT(Subject); Parsons, Paul 3-minute Einstein: Digesting His Life, Theories, and Influence in 3-minute Morsels MetroBooks 2011 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126621. ISBN #1435130022 / 9781435130029. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Albert Einstein was an exceptional scientific genius, whose spacetime theories laid the foundation for modern physics. Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a human rights campaigner, a political activist, and the iconic archetype of the mad, yet brilliant professor. 3-Minute Einstein is the instant introduction to this great genius of our times. This bite-size biography divides Einstein's life into 3-minute morsels-each presented as an easily digestible visual snack. You can read it at the speed of light.
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT; (Subject); Isaacson, Walter Einstein: His Life and Universe Simon & Schuster 2007 hardcover. Previous owner inscription present. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132264. ISBN #0743264738 / 9780743264730. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT; (Subject); Isaacson, Walter Einstein: His Life and Universe Simon & Schuster 2007 hardcover. Previous owner inscription present. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132264. ISBN #0743264738 / 9780743264730. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
stock image, actual book may vary By the author of the acclaimed bestseller 'Benjamin Franklin', this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk - a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate - became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.
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