Table of Contents

Preface. Greetings. Editor's Introduction and Acknowledgments. WORLDVIEW AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION. On the Shoulders of Giants and Dwarves. Invisible Forces. Gravity and Intertia. Chemical Changes. Light, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity. Labyrinth of Mikroworlds. Models of the Cosmos. Modelle of the Earth. Advancing Towards Infinity. Models of the Heavens. Curved Spaces. EINSTEIN- HIS LIFE'S PATH. Borderline Problems in Classical Physics. Irritating Experiments. Milieu of a Childhood. Milieu of a Revolution. Academic Career. War and Revolution. The Unfinished Quantum Revolution. The Riddle of Gravitation. The Second Revolution. The Triumph of the Theory of Relativity. The Anti-Relativists. Albert Einstein as Public Figure. Wave and Particle as a Persistent Contradiction. Towards a new Cosmology. The Paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics. The Search for the Unity of Nature. Einstein and Judaism. Emigration. Einstein in America. EINSTEIN'S WORLD TODAY. What is Science? Putting Relativity to the Test. Them Large Scale Structure of the World. Gravitation as a Challenge. The Small Scale Structure of the World. Strange Connections. Applications. The Theory of Relativity Under Suspicion. Einstein Under Suspicion. The Atomic Bomb. Science as ab Challenge. Science in the Media. Einstein, the Legend. Appendix.

About the Author

Professor Jurgen Renn is director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His research focuses primarily on the emergence of mechanics in antiquity, the interaction between practical and theoretical knowledge since the Renaissance, the transition from classical to modern physics, the development of the theory of relativity, and the application of new media to the history of science. Professor Renn is coordinator of the exhibition 'Albert Einstein - Chief Engineer of the Universe' 2005 in Berlin.

Reviews

"Both volumes are profusely illustrated with the highest quality color photographs; the accompanying explanatory text provides a wealth of detail about Einstein himself...essential." (CHOICE, November 2006) "This volume is a thoroughly enjoyable ramble through the scientific, societal, historical and political landscape that formed both the man and his work." (MAA Reviews, February 17, 2006)