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Einstein Wrote Back

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Einstein Wrote Back
Hardcover edition
AuthorJohn W. Moffat
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMemoir
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
2010
Publication placeCanada
Pages244 pp.
ISBN978-0-88762-615-9
Preceded byReinventing Gravity 

Einstein Wrote Back is a memoir by Canadian physicist John Moffat that documents his encounters with various other famous physicists, including Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Fred Hoyle, Wolfgang Pauli, Paul Dirac, Abdus Salam, and J. Robert Oppenheimer, as well as his work at Imperial College London, Princeton University, CERN, and the University of Toronto. The book's title comes from a series of letters Moffat exchanged with Einstein early in his life, which inspired Moffat to continue studying physics.

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Writing in Physics World, Graham Farmelo described the book as a pleasant read, though some of the anecdotes appeared embellished and historical details were inconsistent.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Farmelo, Graham (2011-12-08). "Quirks of memory". Physics World. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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