Download or read book Once Upon Einstein written by Thibault Damour and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well known that Einstein founded twentieth-century physics with his work on relativity and quanta, but what do we really know about these ground breaking ideas? How were they discovered? What should we retain today from the conceptual upheavals he initiated? Through a selection of concrete scenes taken from Einstein's life, the author offers