Abraham Pais · 1982
A biography exploring the life and physics of Albert Einstein.
Michael Nielsen values it for providing a shocking and revealing story about the history of Einstein and his relationship with earlier experiments.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“This is what was a shocking part of reading this story from the biography of Einstein that you recommended by... what was his first name? Abraham Pais. Abraham Pais. Subtle is the Lord.”
Why: It contains a shocking and revealing story about the history of Einstein and his relationship with earlier experiments.
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