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100 1 $aOhanian, Hans C.
245 10 $aEinstein's mistakes :$bthe human failings of genius /$cHans C. Ohanian.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York:$bW.W. Norton & Company,$cc2008.
300 $axix, 394 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-373) and index.
520 $aOhanian offers insights into aspects of Albert Einstein that many don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.
505 0 $aChronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? -- The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Postmortem.
650 0 $aPhysics$xHistory.
650 0 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory.
600 10 $aEinstein, Albert,$d1879-1955.