Einstein: Visionary Scientist
- ISBN-10
- 0395931002
- ISBN-13
- 9780395931004
- Series
- Einstein
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- John B. Severance
Description
Recounts the life of the man whose ideas changed modern physics, considers his theories and why they had such impact, and discusses the contradictions of his character and personal life
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