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Calaprice, Alice, ed. The Expanded Quotable Einstein. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. [A surprisingly vivid presentation of Einstein’s breadth and character.]

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Feynman, Richard. The Character of Physical Law. New York: The Modern Library, 1994. [A clear view of physics as it looks after the quantum revolution.]

Fölsing, Albrecht. Albert Einstein: A biography. Translated by Ewald Osers. New York: Penguin Books, 1997. [The most up-to-date of the big biographies.]

Frank, Philipp. Einstein: His life and times New York: Da Capo Press, 1947. [The classic study of Einstein’s character, by one who knew him.]

Frayn, Michael. Copenhagen. New York: Anchor, 2000. [Full of light, chatty talk about the quantum revolution.]

Friedrich, Otto. Before the Deluge: A portrait of Berlin in the 1920s. New York: Harper Perenniel, 1995. [A portrait of Einstein’s Berlin.]

Gay, Peter. Weimar Culture: The outsider as insider. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. [Clear account of Einstein’s Germany.]

Gribbin, John. Q is for Quantum: An encylopedia of particle physics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. [An excellent reader for delving into any question about quantum mechanics.]

Kessler, Harry. Berlin in Lights: The diaries of Count Harry Kessler (1918-1937). Translated and edited by Charles Kessler. New York: Grove Press, 1999. [The most enjoyable on-the-scene sources for Einstein’s Berlin.]

Kragh, Helge. Quantum Generations: A history of physics in the twentieth century. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. [Fine overview.]

Pais, Abram. “Subtle is the Lord…”: The science and life of Albert Einstein. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. [The best biography of Einstein, even if you skip the math.]

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Regrettably, there are no accessible books that make clear what Einstein’s antipathy to quantum mechanics was all about. Bolder readers might want to try:

Beller, Mara. Quantum Dialogue: The making of a revolution. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. [There is much in this book, but it assumes the readers already know the story.]

Fine, Arthur. The Shaky Game: Einstein, realism, and the quantum theory. Second edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. [This important work also assumes the reader brings much knowledge to the table.]

Whitaker, Andrew. Einstein, Bohr and the Quantum Dilemma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. [The more you already know about physics, the more you will get out of this valuable study.]

Albert, David Z. Quantum Mechanics and Experience. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992.

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Bolles, Edmund Blair. A Second Way of Knowing: The riddle of human perception. New York: Prentice-Hall Press, 1991.

Bolles, Edmund Blair, ed. Galileo’s Commandment: An anthology of great science writing. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1997.

Born, Max. My Life: Recollections of a Nobel laureate. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1978.

Brian, Denis. Einstein: A life. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Brod, Max. The Redemption of Tycho Brahe. Translated by Felix Warren Crosse. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1928.

Brown, Melvyn. Satyen Bose: A life. Calcutta: Annapurna Publishing House, 1974.

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Clegg, Brian. Light Years and Time Travel: An exploration of mankind’s enduring fascination with light. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

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