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What Einstein knew: one year and five papers that changed physics forever.(Einstein 1905 The Standard of Greatness)(The Einstein Almanac)(Book Review)
From:
American Scholar
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January 1, 2005| Author:
Rothman, Tony
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EINSTEIN 1905 The Standard of Greatness By John S. Rigden Harvard University Press $21.95
THE EINSTEIN ALMANAC By Alice Calaprice Johns Hopkins University Press \ $24.95
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