The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Albert Einstein

Princeton University Press, Dec 31, 2019 - Science - 608 pages

This is the definitive edition of the hugely popular collection of Einstein quotations that has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide and been translated into twenty-five languages.

The Ultimate Quotable Einstein features roughly 1,600 quotes in all. This paperback edition includes sections unique to the ultimate collection--"On and to Children," "On Race and Prejudice," and "Einstein's Verses: A Small Selection"--as well as a chronology of Einstein’s life and accomplishments, Freeman Dyson’s authoritative foreword, and commentary and descriptive source notes by Alice Calaprice.

About the author

Alice Calaprice is a renowned expert on Albert Einstein and was a longtime senior editor at Princeton University Press. She has worked with the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein since the founding of the project, has copyedited and overseen the production of all the volumes, and administered the accompanying translation series with a grant from the National Science Foundation. She is the author of several popular books on Einstein and was a recipient of the Literary Market Place's award for individual achievement in scholarly editing.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
• Author: Albert Einstein
• Editor: Alice Calaprice
• Contributor: Freeman Dyson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2019
• ISBN: 0691207291, 9780691207292
• Length: 608 pages
• Subjects: Reference / Quotations; Science / General; Science / Physics / General