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Contents Prologue: Why Einstein? 5 1. "It Is a Known Fact That I Was Born ..." 8 2. Training the Mind 23 3. To Love and to Work 32 4. The Physics of the "Year of Miracles," 1905 45 5. Academic Life in Switzerland 65 6. The Early Berlin Years: War and Pacifism 87 7. The Road to General Relativity 104 8. The Later Berlin Years: Postwar Turmoil and the Rise of Hitler 123 9. On the Road Again 152 10. Coming to America 165 11. Final Years of an "Enfant Terrible" 191 12. Einstein the Experimenter 205 Epilogue: Einstein's Legacy 223 Appendix: The Story of Einstein's Famous Brain 224 Chronology 226 Bibliography 237 Index
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Biography.
Physicists -- Biography.