{"product_id":"einstein-on-the-run-andrew-robinson-9780300254990","title":"Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist by Andrew Robinson","description":"\u003ch2\u003eEinstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist | Andrew Robinson\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \"highly readable\" (Wall Street Journal) account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life—first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A vivid look at how the U.K. affected the German-born physicist’s life and thinking.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Robinson has that rare knack for presenting a near-encyclopedic volume of historical information, anecdotes and contemporaneous accounts in a thoroughly delightful fashion.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ian Randall, Physics World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut how had Einstein come to abandon his Berlin home and go on the run?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this lively account, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story of the world’s greatest scientist and Britain for the first time, showing why Britain was the perfect refuge for Einstein from rumored assassination by Nazi agents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eYoung Einstein’s passion for British physics, epitomized by Newton, had sparked his scientific development around 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish astronomers had confirmed his general theory of relativity, making him internationally famous in 1919. Welcomed by the British people, who helped him campaign against Nazi anti-Semitism, he even intended to become a British citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSo why did Einstein then leave Britain, never to return to Europe?\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50373101617467,"sku":"0300254997","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780300254990.jpg?v=1777123868","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/einstein-on-the-run-andrew-robinson-9780300254990","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}