''Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology'' (1999) is a book on the
religious views
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of
Nobel Prize
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-winning
physicist
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Albert Einstein
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by
Max Jammer
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, published by Princeton University Press.
[This is an English translation of the original German text by Max Jammer titled ''Einstein und die Religion'', published in 1995 by Universitatsverlag Konstanz. The book was also translated into Hebrew and co-published in 2007 by Bar-Ilan University Press and Yediot Aharonot.]
Notes
References
*Playing dice with Einstein: Essay review of Einstein and Religion, Michael D. Gordin (Society of Fellows, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA), ''Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics'' volume 33 year 2002 pp. 95–100.
*''Einstein and Religion'', Book Reviews, Gerald Holton, ''Philosophy of Science''. Vol. 67, No. 3, (Sep., 2000), pp. 530–533.
External links
Book preview of ''Einstein and Religion'' at Google Books
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1999 non-fiction books
American biographies
Books about Albert Einstein
German biographies