Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections

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New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formation At the end of World War II, Albert Einstein was invited to write his intellectual autobiography for the Library of Living Philosophers. The resulting book was his uniquely personal Autobiographical Notes, a classic work in the history of science that explains the d

Hanoch Gutfreund is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives. His books include, with Jurgen Renn, The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures (Princeton). Jurgen Renn is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His books include The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene (Princeton).

"Physicist Hanoch Gutfreund and historian Jurgen Renn provide a sparky commentary."---Andrew Robinson, Nature "[Einstein on Einstein] provides context, commentary, and background and explores Einstein's thinking, theories, and contributions."---Dan Aubrey, U.S. 1 "The opportunity to read Einstein's musings, interpreted by two current leaders in Einstein studies, is valuable to all interested in the history or philosophy of physics as well as in Einstein himself."---Jay Paschoff, The Key Reporter "The main commentaries give hugely valuable insights into the development of Einstein's thinking and how he positioned himself with respect to his predecessors and contemporaries."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer