A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers

• Allows the reader to work through Albert Einstein's major works in detail
• Sets Albert Einstein's work into a historical context of the evolution of scientific thought to show why it was considered so revolutionary
• Addresses an under-served readership - appealing to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students
• Clarifies common misconceptions of Albert Einstein's work

Readership: Undergraduate and beginning graduate students in physics, as well as physics faculty, particularly faculty in liberal arts colleges or in high schools.

Robert E Kennedy, Department of Physics, Creighton University

Dr. Kennedy received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1966, and since 1966 has been a professor in the Department of Physics at Creighton University. Dr. Kennedy has taught physics at Creighton University for over forty years, and has developed a number of courses based on the works of Albert Einstein, beginning in the 1970s with a request from the college to develop a "non-threatening" science course for the non-science majors. In 2008 Creighton University awarded to Dr. Kennedy the designation of Professor Emeritus and of Dean Emeritus.

"Kennedys book is a splendid contribution to guiding students and scholars to an appreciation of Einsteins Major Papers. It promotes insight into these majestic masterworks." - Contemporary Physics

"Recommended in the Times Higher Education's Textbook Guide 2012" - Donny Harwood, Times Higher Education

1: Setting the Stage for 1905
2: Radiation and the Quanta
3: The Atom and Brownian Motion
4: The Special Theory of Relativity
5: The General Theory of Relativity
6: Einstein and the Evolution of Quantum Mechanics
7: Epilogue