Nobel Conference 41: The Legacy of Einstein

September 27&28, 2005

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, Minnesota USA 565082

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Books

Many of these books are available for purchase online and in-store at the Gustavus Book Mark.

  • Bodanis, David. E = mc 2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation. Walker & Co., 2000.
  • Bolles, Edmund Blair, ed. Einstein Defiant: Genius versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution. Joseph Henry Press, 2004.
  • Born, Max, Hedwig Born, and Albert Einstein. The Born-Einstein Letters 1916–1955: Friendship, Politics, and Physics in Uncertain Times. Macmillan, 1971, rev. 2005.
  • Calaprice, Alice, ed. Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein’s Letters to and from Children. Prometheus Books, 2002.
  • Calaprice, Alice, ed. and collector. The Expanded Quotable Einstein. Princeton University Press, 2000.
  • Einstein, Albert. Ideas and Opinions. Bonanza Books, 1954.
  • Einstein, Albert. Out of My Later Years. Philosophical Library, 1950.
  • Einstein, Albert. Relativity: The Special and General Theory, translated by Robert Lawson. Dover Books, 2001.
  • Einstein, Albert. The World as I See It. The Wisdom Library, 1949.
  • Einstein, Albert, H.A. Lorentz, H. Minkowski, and H. Weyl. The Principle of Relativity: A Collection of Original Papers on the Special and General Theory of Relativity. Dover Publications, 1924.
  • Ellis, George F.R. Before the Beginning: Cosmology Explained. Bowerdean Publishing Company/Marion Boyars Publishing, 1993.
  • Ellis, George F.R., and Peter Coles. Is the Universe Open or Closed? The Density of Matter in the Universe. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  • Ellis, George F.R., and Stephen W. Hawking. The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time. Cambridge University Press, 1973.
  • Ellis, George F.R., and Nancey Murphy. On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Cosmology, Theology, and Ethics. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1996.
  • Ellis, George F.R., and Ruth M. Williams. Flat and Curved Space-Times. Oxford University Press, 1988.
  • Flatow, Ira. Rainbows, Curve Balls, and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained. William Morrow & Co., 1988.
  • Flatow, Ira. They All Laughed . . . From Light Bulbs to Lasers: The Fascinating Stories behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives. HarperCollins, 1992.
  • Freedman, Wendy. Measuring and Modeling the Universe (Vol. II, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series). Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • Greene, Brian. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. Vintage, 1999.
  • Greene, Brian. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Knopf, 2004.
  • Gribbin, John. Unveiling the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes. Harmony Books, 1992.
  • Gribbin, John, and Mary Gribbin. Annus Mirabilis: 1905, Albert Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity. Chamberlain Bros., 2005 (includes Biography DVD on Einstein).
  • Hawking, Stephen W. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Books, 1988.
  • Hawking, Stephen W. The Universe in a Nutshell. Bantam Books, 2001.
  • Kaku, Michio. Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time. Atlas Books, 2004.
  • Kaku, Michio. Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos. Doubleday, 2005.
  • Kauffman III, William J. The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity. Little, Brown & Co., 1977.
  • Laughlin, Robert B. A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down. Basic Books, 2005.
  • Levenson, Thomas. Einstein in Berlin. Bantam Books, 2003.
  • Moring, Gary F. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Einstein. Alpha Books, 2nd ed., 2004.
  • Pais, Abraham. Einstein Lived Here. Oxford University Press, 1994.
  • Pais, Abraham. “Subtle Is the Lord . . .”: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein. Oxford University Press, 1982.
  • Parker, Barry. Einstein’s Dream. Plenum, 1986.
  • Penrose, Roger. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. Knopf, 2005.
  • Sayen, Jamie. Einstein in America: The Scientist’s Conscience in the Age of Hitler and Hiroshima. Crown, 1985.
  • Schwinger, Julian. Einstein’s Legacy (Scientific American Library series). W.H. Freeman/Scientific American, 1986.
  • Singh, Simon. Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe. HarperCollins, 2004.
  • Thorne, Kip S. Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy. W.W. Norton & Co., 1994.
  • Thorne, Kip S., John Archibald Wheeler, and Charles W. Misner. Gravitation. W.H. Freeman, 1973.
  • Will, Clifford. Was Einstein Right? Basic Books, 1986.
  • Yourgrau, Palle. A World without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein. Basic Books, 2004.

Periodicals/Articles

  • Discover. “Special Einstein Issue,” pp. 12–92. Vol. 35, No. 9, September 2004.
  • Physics World. “Einstein 2005” special issue, pp. 13–57. Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2005.
  • Romer, Robert N. “My Half Hour with Einstein,” The Physics Teacher, pp. 140–143. Vol. 43, March 2005.
  • Science. “Special Issue: Einstein’s Legacy,” pp. 865–890. February 11, 2005.
  • Scientific American. “Beyond Einstein” special issue, pp. 44–109. Vol. 291, No. 3, September 2004.

Videos

  • Biography: “Albert Einstein,” produced by John Gribbin. A&E DVD, 2005.
  • The Life and Mind of Albert Einstein. Educational Distributors of America videotape, 1995.
  • Nova: “Einstein Revealed,” produced by Thomas Levenson. PBS DVD, 1996.
  • Nova:“The Elegant Universe,” with Brian Greene. PBS DVD, 2003.
  • The Science Bag: “Space, Time, Einstein, and Spacetime,” with John L. Friedman. Blue Sky Associates videotape, 1992.
  • Stephen Hawking’s Universe #6: “An Answer to Everything.” PBS DVD, 1997.
  • Understanding the Universe. TLC DVD, 2001.

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