A01=Dieter Hoffmann
Author_Dieter Hoffmann
Berlin
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Einstein
Emigration
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Germany
Gravitation
Haber
Kaiser Wilhelm Society
Planck
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Relativity
University of Berlin
World War I
Product details
- ISBN 9781421410401
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2013
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Lured by a top academic position sponsored by the Prussian Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein moved from Zurich to Berlin in 1914 and lived there until 1932, just weeks before Hitler became chancellor of Germany. During this fraught economic and political time, Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, gained worldwide fame, supported democratic, socialist, pacifist, and Zionist causes, and withstood the growing ire of ultranationalists. Naturally, he became entwined in a network of people and places throughout the city. With a foreword by Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, Einstein's Berlin combines narrative, maps, and period photographs to tell this story in the form of a sophisticated, annotated city guide, allowing readers and travelers to follow the physicist's footsteps throughout Berlin. Dieter Hoffmann conveys how Einstein's life and work were linked to the scientific and social life of the city and inspires the reader to explore the places where he made his mark.
Born and raised in Berlin, Dieter Hoffmann is a research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
