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Einstein
His Life and Universe  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments   

Main Characters   

CHAPTER ONE

The Light-Beam Rider  

CHAPTER TWO

Childhood, 1879-1896   

CHAPTER THREE

The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900  

CHAPTER FOUR

The Lovers, 1900-1904  

CHAPTER FIVE

The Miracle Year: Quanta and Molecules, 1905   

CHAPTER SIX

Special Relativity, 1905   

CHAPTER SEVEN

The Happiest Thought, 1906-1909   

CHAPTER EIGHT

The Wandering Professor, 1909-1914   

CHAPTER NINE

General Relativity, 1911-1915   

CHAPTER TEN

Divorce, 1916-1919   

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Einstein's Universe, 1916-1919   

CHAPTER TWELVE

Fame, 1919   

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Wandering Zionist, 1920-1921   

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Nobel Laureate, 1921-1927   

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Unified Field Theories, 1923-1931   

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Turning Fifty, 1929-1931   

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Einstein's God   

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The Refugee, 1932-1933   

CHAPTER NINETEEN

America, 1933-1939   

CHAPTER TWENTY

Quantum Entanglement, 1935   

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

The Bomb, 1939-1945  

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

One-Worlder, 1945-1948   

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Landmark, 1948-1953   

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Red Scare, 1951-1954   

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

The End, 1955   

EPILOGUE

Einstein's Brain and Einstein's Mind   

Sources    

Notes   

Index