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Title Statement | Einstein on the run: how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson. |
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Author | Robinson, Andrew, 1957- |
Publication | New Haven [Connecticut]: Yale University Press,[2019]©2019 |
Extent of Item | xvii, 351 pages |
ISBN | 0300234767 9780300234763 |
Other Number | 3769647 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-340) and index. |
Summary | "The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life--initially by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis. In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein was living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had Einstein come to abandon his Berlin home and go 'on the run'? In this ground-breaking narrative, Andrew Robinson tells the story of the world's greatest scientist and Britain, showing why Britain was the perfect refuge for Einstein from rumored assassination by Nazi agents. Young Einstein's passion for [British physics, epitomized by Newton,] had sparked his scientific development around 1900. British astronomers had confirmed his general theory of relativity, making him internationally famous in 1919. Welcomed by the British people, who helped him campaign against Nazi anti-Semitism, he even intended to become a British citizen in 1933"--Dust jacket. |
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By Topic | Physicists--Biography |
By Name | Einstein, Albert,1879-1955 |
Einstein, Albert,1879-1955--Homes and haunts--Great Britain |