The Practical Einstein: Experiments, Patents, Inventions

This unique biography of the famous theoretical physicist explores his work in the practical worlds of technology, engineering and experimental physics.

Albert Einstein is known as the whacky genius behind the theory of relativity, but that's just one facet of his contribution to modern science and human knowledge. As József Illy demonstrates in this book, Einstein had an eminently practical side as well.

As a youth, Einstein was an inveterate tinkerer in the electrical supply factory owne...