ABSTRACT

It is well known that Einstein founded twentieth-century physics with his work on relativity and quanta, but what do we really know about these ground breaking ideas? How were they discovered? What should we retain today from the conceptual upheavals he initiated? Through a selection of concrete scenes taken from Einstein's life, the author offers

chapter 1|26 pages

The Question of Time

chapter 2|30 pages

The World’s Checkerboard

chapter 3|28 pages

Elastic Space-Time

chapter 4|18 pages

Einstein’s World-Game

chapter 5|26 pages

Light and Energy in Grains

chapter 6|18 pages

Confronting the Sphinx

chapter 7|20 pages

Einstein’s Legacy