These accessible speeches and essays by the renowned scientist profile influential physicists and explore the areas of physics to which Einstein made major contributions. Subjects include theoretical physics, relativity, and the principles of research and scientific truth as well as personalities such as Kepler, Newton, Maxwell, Bohr, and Planck. Reprint of Essays in Science, The Wisdom Library, A Division of Philosophical Library, New York, 1934.
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