| Description |
xxxi, 219 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the stage. Background : Wilhelmine Berlin and the rush to war ; Before Berlin (1879-1914) ; In Berlin : war and its aftermath (1914-1922) ; First visit to America (1921) ; A dinner at the Einsteins' -- Journey to the Far East (1922). Getting away ; Sea voyage to the East ; Colombo and Singapore ; Hong Kong and Shanghai ; Kobe, Kyoto, and Tokyo ; Sendai, Nikko, and Nagoya ; Kyoto and Osaka ; Farewell to Japan : Miyajima, Fukuoka, and Moji -- Homeward bound : Palestine and Spain (1923). Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Colombo, revisited ; Palestine ; On the road again ; Spain -- South America (1925). Back at home ; At sea again ; Argentina ; Uruguay ; Brazil ; Back in Berlin ; Dinner with Count Kessler -- New York and Pasadena (1930-1931). Berlin, 1925-1930 ; Voyage to America ; Four days in New York ; At sea again : Havana and Panama ; Pasadena -- Berlin and Oxford (1931). At home in Berlin ; Oxford : college life ; Musical Oxford ; Back to reality -- Return to Pasadena (1931-1932). Across the Atlantic ; Panama and Honduras ; Pasadena encore -- Oxford, Pasadena, and last days in Europe (1932-1933). Second sojourn in Oxford ; At sea again ; Pasadena once more ; Back to Europe ; Last days in Europe -- Epilogue (1933-1935). Settled in Princeton ; Physics, the bomb, and politics ; Endgame. |
| Subject |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Diaries.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Travel.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781616144609 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781616144616 (ebook) |
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1616144602 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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