Biography

Bernstein, Jeremy. Einstein. New York: Penguin, 1973, 242 p.

This introduction to Einstein pivots on the three main themes of Einstein's career—the special theory of relativity, the general theory of relativity, and quantum physics.

Clark, Ronald W. Einstein: The Life and Times. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1971, 718 p.

Overview of Einstein's personal and professional life; includes bibliography.

Frank, Philipp. Einstein: His Life and Times. Translated by George Rosen. Edited by Shuichi Kusaka. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947, 298 p.

Posits that understanding Einstein is a key to understanding "something of the contradictory and complicated twentieth-century world."

Hermanns, William. Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man. Brookline Village, Mass.: Branden Press, 1983, 151 p.

Outline of Einstein's pacifist ideas, the need for what he termed "holy curiosity."

Ireland, Karin. Albert Einstein. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Silver Burdett Press, 1989, 109 p.

Examination of the effects of Einstein's work on daily life in America, aimed at young adults.

Pais, Abraham. 'Subtle is the L o r d … V The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1982, 552 p.

Primarily a scientific biography of Einstein.

Pyenson, Lewis. The Young Einstein: The Advent of Relativity. Bristol and Boston: Adam Hilger, Ltd., 1985, 255 p.

Discussion of Einstein's early career, including work by then-contemporaries who bore considerable influence on his thinking.

Swisher, Clarice. The Importance of Albert Einstein. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, 1994, 128 p.

Focuses on Einstein's contributions during and after his life.

White, Michael, and Gribbin, John. Einstein: A Life in Science. New York: Dutton, 1994, 279 p.

An effort to show that Einstein was "as complex in personality as the theories he gave the world."

Criticism

Beller, Maria; Renn, Jurgen; and Cohen, Robert S., eds. "Einstein in Context": special issue of Science in Context 6, No. 1 (1993): 368 p.

An attempt to link the various research traditions and perspectives of recent Einstein studies.

Cassidy, David. Einstein and Our World. New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1995, 100 p.

An effort to give basic historical information as well as to "show the chief questions and debates that engage current historical scholarship."

D'Inverno, Ray. Introducing Einstein's Relativity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, 383 p.

Takes a dual approach to Einstein, physical and mathematical.

Fine, Arthur. The Shaky Game: Einstein Realism and the Quantum Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, 186 p.

A collection of previously published essays that examines philosophical aspects of Einstein's work and quantum theory in several contexts.

Friedman, Alan J. and Donley, Carol C. Einstein as Myth and Muse. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985, 224 p.

Collaboration of a literary critic and a scientist to examine the effect of Einstein's work on twentieth-century literature.

Holton, Gerald and Elkan, Yehuda eds. Albert Einstein. Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982, 429 p.

Collection of papers assessing Einstein's influence on science, humanistic studies, international politics, his special relationship to Israel, and personal reminiscences.

Infeld, Leopold. Albert Einstein: His Work and Its Influence on Our World. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950, 135 P.

Infeld traces the scientific developments before the "Einstein revolution" and its continued reverberations.

Miller, Arthur I. Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981, 466 p.

A biography and analysis of Einstein's first paper on electrodynamics.

Parker, Barry. Einstein's Dream: The Search for a Unified Theory of the Universe. New York and London: Plenum Press, 1986, 287 p.

Using Einstein's work as a foundation and a beginning, Parker analyzes the more recent discoveries that point to the prescience of Einstein's dream of a unified theory.

Paul, lain. Science, Theology and Einstein. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982, 148 p.

An attempt to "persuade Christians that Einstein has something distinctive and worthwhile to offer to them."

Will, Clifford M. Was Einstein Right? Putting General Relativity to the Test. New York: Basic Books, 1986, 274 p.

Addressing the general reader, Will discusses the ideas, people, and machines that have drawn on Einstein's work.

Additional coverage of Einstein's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 121, 133; Major Twentieth Century Writers.