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Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson.

Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's gre...

Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson.

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Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson.

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Full title

Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]

Call Numbers

G 2019/5648

Record Identifier

74VKa2WkGyBO

MMS ID

991024277214902626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Content type

text

still image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

[2019]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life-first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis. In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or t...

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Full title

Einstein on the run : how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist / Andrew Robinson.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2019/5648

Record Identifier

74VKa2WkGyBO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa2WkGyBO

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0300234767 (hardcover)

9780300234763 (hardcover)

DDC

530.092 B

MMS ID

991024277214902626

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