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Description edit
Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. A self-pronounced pacifist,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Albert Einstein: Add a description of this character.
- Mileva
- Hans Albert
- Elsa
- Bohr
- Janssen
- Robert Schulmann
- Maja
- Fritz Haber
- Heisenberg
- Michele Besso
- Marcel Grossmann
- Margot
- Lenard
- Renn
- Newton
- Wachsmann
- Helen Dukas
- Heinrich Zangger
- Max Planck
- Hilbert
- Eduard
- Hitler
- Max Born
- John Beckman
- Tete
- Bernstein
- Antonina Vallentin
- Evelyn
- Berliner Tageblatt
- Otto Nathan
- Conrad Habicht
- Kepler
- Marie
- Zeilinger
- Maxwell
- Frieda
- Gehrcke
- Mama
- Thomas Mann
- Tim
Setting & Locations edit
- Germany
- Zurich
- United States
- Switzerland
- Princeton
- America
- Europe
- Caputh
- Prague
- Munich
- Japan
- New York
- Jerusalem
- London
- Judaism
- Hiroshima
- Paris
- Italy
- California
- Brussels
- Pasadena
- England
- Aarau
- Haberlandstrasse
- Schwabing
- Moscow
- Vienna
- Russia
- Copenhagen
- Potsdam
- Israel
- Manhattan Project
- Jupiter
- Berkeley
- Palestine
- Lieserl
- Bavaria
- Lorentz
First Sentence edit
When Albert Einstein woke up on November 7, 1919, a wintry gray Friday morning, in his apartment on Haberlandstrasse 5 in Berlin, his life had been transformed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ju?rgen Neffe (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0374146640
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0374146640
Page Count: 480
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- Dewey: 530.092
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