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In his special theory of relativity, einstein explained that the speed of light was constant but that both space and time were relative to the position of the observer. And out of those 1700 albert einstein books, weve asked you to pick just five. The special and the general theory 100th anniversary edition. Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 nonscientific works. Each publication is indexed in the first column by its number in the schilpp bibliography albert einstein.
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His famous equation is e energy, m mass, c speed of light at the beginning of his career, einstein did not think that newtonian mechanics was enough to. Here are the major books written by the nobel prizewinning physicist albert einstein. The best books on albert einstein five books expert. Albert einstein originally wrote the a book concerning the theory of relativity in the late 1800s. Selected works by albert einstein as free pdf ebooks.
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