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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein in this volume reveals much about his lifetime of looking for insights into the structure of physical reality, which has brought him fame and inspired many groups to honor him and seek his advice and/or support for their causes. The volume does a poor job of revealing the chronology of Einstein's life and career. It suggests he is born in Switzerland and is poorly treated by the rigid Swiss educational system, immigrates to Germany, obtains dual citizenship, and feels well treated despite being a Jew. In fact, he is born in Germany, lives in Italy and Switzerland before returning to Germany during World War I and remaining until Hitler's rise to power. Consulting an outline of his life will be helpful in appreciating many of the things he writes.

His assistant, Prof. Valentine Bargmann lists his major accomplishments as the special theory of relativity (1905) and the...
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