Please, Mr. Einstein - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0151014221 ISBN 13: 9780151014224

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Riassunto

“You said that time doesn’t exist,” she says, “so I took the liberty of coming to see you.”
“You did the right thing,” he replies without taking his eyes off her.
 
She is a student with some questions about physics. And he is Albert Einstein, the man who redefined the true nature of reality in the twentieth century. More than sixty years after his death, she finds him in an office building in an indeterminate central European city, ready and eager to give a private lesson.   And so begins an unusual, wide-ranging conversation. They discuss relativity, light, and space-time. But Einstein also talks about the difficulty of fame and power and how his dreams of worldwide peace were shattered. He points to a stack of photographs, books about him, newspapers. “ ‘It still goes on,’ she says. ‘I thought about putting on an Einstein T-shirt but in the end, I didn’t dare . . . ’ ‘You must be joking,’ he says, ‘I’ve even worn one myself.’”

  This book is one of a kind: a surprising and delightful journey through the life and thought of Albert Einstein.

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PRAISE FOR PLEASE, MR. EINSTEIN

"Jean-Claude Carrière has opened up Einstein and found in him a myth that is a play, a movie that is both science and fiction, and an exposition of heavy ideas that can be read with the speed of light."--Peter Brook, director and playwright

L'autore:

JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE is a writer, playwright, and screen­writer. He is the coauthor of Conversations About the End of Time (with Stephen Jay Gould, Umberto Eco, and others). He has worked closely with Peter Brook, Luis Buñuel, and Jean-Luc Godard on prize-winning films, including Belle du Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and The Tin Drum. He lives in Paris.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0151014221
• ISBN 13: 9780151014224
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 186