I dare say that Einstein would preferred this biography of his over all others! Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein by Abraham Pais In November the German authorities issued a decree banning Jews from all civil service positions, including academic posts.Īt the same time, the biographical elements are a little thin. It is more fun that way Subtle is the Lord: And finally, I learnt that, without his make-up on, Charlie Chaplin looks like this. Dec 13, Gabriel Iqbal rated it it was amazing.Ī final strangeness comes from the fact that this is an old book published inand thus its take on the status of various physical ideas is kind of dated. His mother, Kaatje “Cato” van Kleeff, was the daughter of an Ashkenazi diamond cutter. It wasn’t until that anybody took the idea really seriously….

Starting with his youth and childhood, Subtle is the Lord addresses the theories of Einstein being bad in school by presenting his report card. According to Pais’ interpretation, Einstein’s opposition to the quantum mechanics arose precisely because he was the first person to fully appreciate just how strange and revolutionary quantum physics actually is. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It almost feels like a fix-up biography created by pasting together a bunch of pre-existing articles, with only token efforts to provide consistency between sections, but nothing in the front matter suggests this is the case, so I remain somewhat puzzled. If you like paid and love to build cool products, we may be looking for you.ĭespite knowing that, I made an attempt to read through the book hoping to stretch my brain on the topic of physics. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Sep 23, William Schram rated it it was amazing Shelves: Clear, perspicacious, and rigorous, Pais does one of the greatest minds in human history a great service. The APS now gives out an Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics, idea of how influential his work was, in particular “Subtle Is the Lord.

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Subtle Is the Lord by Abraham Pais