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100			_aRobinson, Andrew
245			_aEinstein on the run: how Britain saved the world's greatest scientist
260			_bYale University Press, _c2019. _aNew Haven:
300			_axvii, 351 p. : ill. ; _bhb; _c22 cm.
365			_aUSD _b25.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life--first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had Einstein come to abandon his Berlin home and go '"on the run"? In this lively account, Andrew Robinson tells the story of the world's greatest scientist and Britain for the first time, showing why Britain was the perfect refuge for Einstein from rumored assassination by Nazi agents. Young Einstein's passion for British physics, epitomized by Newton, had sparked his scientific development around 1900. British astronomers had confirmed his general theory of relativity, making him internationally famous in 1919. Welcomed by the British people, who helped him campaign against Nazi anti-Semitism, he even intended to become a British citizen. So why did Einstein then leave Britain, never to return to Europe?
650			_aPhysics
650			_aAlbert Einstein 1879-1955
650			_aPhysicists
650			_aJewish Scientists
650			_aJewish Refugees
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