Einstein: The Man and his Mind

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Gary Berger has collected original publications, manuscripts, letters, and photographs of Albert Einstein for the past 3 decades. Dr. Berger is a retired reproductive surgeon who has published 170 medical articles and 12 books about reproductive medicine, including one book written for the general public. Michael DiRuggiero owns The Manhattan Rare Book Company. He specializes in the history of science with an emphasis on original material relating to Albert Einstein. DiRuggiero was instrumental in the development of Dr. Berger s collection and created einstein.manhattanrarebooks.com that describes the items in the collection. Hanoch Gutfreund is the academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where is also professor emeritus of theoretical physics and past President. He is one of the world s foremost Einstein authorities and has written several books about Albert Einstein and General relativity. Klappentext Albert Einstein is known by name and image throughout the world to people of all ages. He is probably the most well-known scientist of all time. Even though most people have only a vague idea of what he did, the attraction remains. The raison d'être for this book is to convey a sense of familiarity with Einstein as a real person and with the essence of his contributions. This is accomplished through annotated full-page photographs of Einstein that tell the story of his scientific life. The book is written for the general public. It may appeal to Einstein scholars as well. This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him. The images (mostly signed portrait photos) are supplemented by a selection of 53 rare letters, manuscripts, books, journals 51 original rare portraits 4 equations in Einstein's handwriting provided by what is likely the largest private Einstein collection in existence. This project has the support of two private US foundations The Sterling Foundation and The Antonia & Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. All royalties will be donated to the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Zusammenfassung "This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him" - Amazon reader review "Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggerio's photographic exploration of Einstein is a indubitably a coffee table book, but in its highest form. It's huge (34 x 26 cm) and contains a collection of beautiful imagery." massive, well-produced ... Some of these images are striking photographs of Einstein, a good few of which I've never seen before. "the kind of small, but interesting contribution to the Einstein story we can find here." "a remarkable book. I've never seen anything quite like it... a fascinating find. - https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com Albert Einstein is known by name and image throughout the world to people of all ages. He is probably the most well-known scientist of all time. Even though most people have only a vague idea of what he did, the attraction remains. The raison d'être for this book is to convey a sense of familiarity with Einstein as a real person and with the essence of his contributions. This is accomplished through annotated full-page photographs of Einstein that tell the story of his scientific life. The book is written for the general public. It may appeal to Einstein scholars as well. This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him. The images (mostly signed portrait photos) are supplemented by a selection of 53 rare letters, manuscripts, books, journals 51 original rare portraits 4 equations in Einstein's handwriting provided by what i...

Autorentext

Dr. Gary Berger has collected original publications, manuscripts, letters, and photographs of Albert Einstein for the past 3 decades. Dr. Berger is a retired reproductive surgeon who has published 170 medical articles and 12 books about reproductive medicine, including one book written for the general public.

Michael DiRuggiero owns The Manhattan Rare Book Company. He specializes in the history of science with an emphasis on original material relating to Albert Einstein. DiRuggiero was instrumental in the development of Dr. Berger s collection and created einstein.manhattanrarebooks.com that describes the items in the collection.

Hanoch Gutfreund is the academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where is also professor emeritus of theoretical physics and past President. He is one of the world s foremost Einstein authorities and has written several books about Albert Einstein and General relativity.

Klappentext

Albert Einstein is known by name and image throughout the world to people of all ages. He is probably the most well-known scientist of all time. Even though most people have only a vague idea of what he did, the attraction remains. The raison d'être for this book is to convey a sense of familiarity with Einstein as a real person and with the essence of his contributions. This is accomplished through annotated full-page photographs of Einstein that tell the story of his scientific life. The book is written for the general public. It may appeal to Einstein scholars as well.

This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him. The images (mostly signed portrait photos) are supplemented by a selection of 53 rare letters, manuscripts, books, journals 51 original rare portraits 4 equations in Einstein's handwriting provided by what is likely the largest private Einstein collection in existence. This project has the support of two private US foundations The Sterling Foundation and The Antonia & Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. All royalties will be donated to the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.