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Einstein's greatest mistake : the life of a flawed genius

by David Bodanis

This biography examines the intellectual development of the physicist who transformed our understanding of the cosmos. It explores how his reliance on intuition led to the theory of general relativity but caused his later isolation regarding quantum mechanics.

Accession 11763 ISBN 9781408708095 Publisher Little, Brown and Company
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Einstein's imagination and self-confidence served him well as he sought to reveal the universe's structure, but when it came to newer revelations in the field of quantum mechanics, these same traits undermined his quest for the ultimate truth. --blurb

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