01607cam a2200301 4500 547216814 TxAuBib 20081119120000.0 081028s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008013155 9780393062939 hardcover 0393062937 hardcover (OCoLC)214066446 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP UKM UPZ OCLCG C#P BWX TXN TxAuBib Ohanian, Hans C. Einstein's mistakes : the human failings of genius / Hans C. Ohanian. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. xix, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-373) and index. Chronology of Einstein's mistakes -- I will resign the game -- A lovely time in Berne -- And yet it moves -- If I have seen farther -- A storm broke loose in my mind -- Motions of inanimate, small, suspended bodies -- What is the light quantum? -- The argument is jolly and beguiling -- Suddenly I had an idea -- The theory is of incomparable beauty -- The world is a madhouse -- Does God play dice? - - The graveyard of disappointed hopes -- Postmortem. Ohanian offers insights into aspects of Albert Einstein that many don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories. 20081119. Einstein, Albert 1879-1955. Physics History. Physics Philosophy. Science History. TXCKT