Albert Einstein - Collected Works and Papers (60 books)

* Albert Einstein - Collected Works and Papers (60 books)

ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879–1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity . Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory . His mass–energy equivalence formula E=mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

In 1905, sometimes described as his annus mirabilis (miracle year), he published four groundbreaking papers. In them, he outlined a theory of the photoelectric effect, explained Brownian motion, introduced his special theory of relativity, and demonstrated that if the special theory is correct, mass and energy are equivalent to each other. In 1915, he proposed a general theory of relativity that extended his system of mechanics to incorporate gravitation. A paper that he published the following year laid out the implications of general relativity for the modeling of the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. It introduced the cosmological constant and is further regarded as the first step in the field of modern theoretical cosmology. In 1917, Einstein wrote a paper which introduced the concepts of spontaneous emission and stimulated emission, the latter of which is the core mechanism behind the laser and maser, and which contained a trove of information that would be beneficial to developments in physics later on, such as quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics.

In the middle part of his career, Einstein made important contributions to statistical mechanics and quantum theory. Especially notable was his work on the quantum physics of radiation, in which light consists of particles, subsequently called photons. With physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, he laid the groundwork for Bose–Einstein statistics. For much of the last phase of his academic life, Einstein worked on two endeavors that ultimately proved unsuccessful. First, he advocated against quantum theory's introduction of fundamental randomness into science's picture of the world, objecting that "God does not play dice". Second, he attempted to devise a unified field theory by generalizing his geometric theory of gravitation to include electromagnetism. As a result, he became increasingly isolated from mainstream modern physics.

The publication of THE COLLECTED PAPERS OF ALBERT EINSTEIN (Princeton, 1987–present) is of paramount historical and scientific importance because it provides the definitive, chronologically organized archive of Einstein’s entire intellectual legacy, comprising over 30,000 unique documents, personal letters, and unpublished notebooks. By translating his original German texts into English and providing exhaustive scholarly commentary, this massive, ongoing multi-volume project allows modern researchers to trace the precise day-to-day evolution of his thought processes, his intense debates with contemporary physicists, and the intersection of his scientific breakthroughs with his socio-political humanitarian efforts.


The following books are in ePUB and/or PDF format as noted:

== COLLECTED PAPERS (Princeton, 1987–present) ==

* Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902 [ed. Stachel] (Princeton, 1987) – PDF
* Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902 [tr. Beck] (Princeton, 1987) – PDF
* Vol. 2: The Swiss Years, Writings 1900-1909 [tr. Beck] (Princeton, 1989) – PDF
* Vol. 3: The Swiss Years, Writings 1909-1911 [tr. Beck] (Princeton, 1993) – PDF
* Vol. 4: The Swiss Years, Writings 1912-1914 [ed. Klein] (Princeton, 1995) – PDF
* Vol. 4: The Swiss Years, Writings 1912-1914 [tr. Beck] (Princeton, 1996) – PDF
* Vol. 5: The Swiss Years, Correspondence 1902-1914 [tr. Beck] (Princeton, 1995) – PDF
* Vol. 6: The Berlin Years, Writings 1914-1917 [tr. Engel] (Princeton, 1997) – PDF
* Vol. 7: The Berlin Years, Writings 1918-1921 [tr. Engel] (Princeton, 2002) – PDF
* Vol. 8: The Berlin Years, Correspondence 1914-1918 [tr. Hentschel] (Princeton, 1998) – PDF
* Vol. 9: The Berlin Years, Correspondence 1919-1920 [tr. Hentschel] (Princeton, 2004) – PDF
* Vol. 10: The Berlin Years, Correspondence 1920 and Supplemtary [tr. Hentschel] (Princeton, 2006) – PDF
* Vol. 11: Cumulative Index, Bibliography, and Errata (Princeton, 2009) – PDF
* Vol. 12: The Berlin Years, Correspondence 1921 [tr. Hentschel] (Princeton, 2009) – PDF
* Vol. 13: The Berlin Years, Writings & Correspondence 1922-1923 [tr. Hentschel] (Princeton, 2012) – PDF

== OTHER ==

* About Zionism [tr. Simon] (Macmillan, 1931) – PDF
* Conversations with Einstein [Alexander Moszkowski] (Horizon, 1972) – PDF
* The Cosmic View of Albert Einstein: Writings on Art, Science, and Peace [ed. Martin] (Sterling, 2013) – ePUB
* Einstein A-Z [Karen Fox] (Wiley, 2004) – PDF
* Einstein on Cosmic Religion & Other Opinions (Dover, 2012) – ePUB
* Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections [ed. Gutfreund & Renn] (Princeton, 2020) – ePUB / PDF
* Einstein on Israel and Zionism [ed. Jerome] (St. Martins, 2009) – PDF
* Einstein on Politics [ed. Rowe & Schulmann] (Princeton, 2007) – ePUB / PDF
* Einstein's Miraculous Year [ed. Stachel] (Princeton, 1998) – PDF
* Essays in Humanism (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* Essays in Science (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* The Evolution of Physics [with L. Infeld] (Scientific Book Club, 1947) – PDF
* Ideas and Opinions (Three Rivers, 1995) – ePUB
* Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement (Dover, 1956) – PDF
* The Meaning of Relativity [tr. Adams et al., 3e] (Princeton, 1950) – PDF
* The Meaning of Relativity [tr. Adams et al., 6e] (Routledge, 2003) – PDF
* Out of My Later Years (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* The Principle of Relativity [tr. Perrett & Jeffery] (Dover, 2013) – ePUB
* Relativity: The Special and General Theory [ed. Gutfreund & Renn] (Princeton, 2015) – ePUB
* Relativity: The Special and General Theory [tr. Lawson] (Penguin, 2006) – ePUB / PDF
* Relativity: The Special and General Theory [tr. Lawson] (Pi, 2005) – PDF
* Sidelights on Relativity (Methuen, 1922) – PDF
* The Theory of Relativity and Other Essays (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* The World As I See It (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* Travel Diaries: South America, 1925 [ed.Rosenkranz] (Princeton, 2023) – PDF
* Travel Diaries: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922-1923 [ed. Rosenkranz] (Princeton, 2018) – ePUB / PDF
* The Ultimate Quotable Einstein [ed. Calaprice] (Princeton, 2011) – ePUB / PDF
* Why War [with Sigmund Freud, tr. Gilbert] (IIIC, 1933) – PDF
* Zurich Notebook: Introduction and Source [ed. Renn] (Springer, 2007) – PDF

== ANTHOLOGIES ==

* A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Works [ed. Hawking] (Running Press, 2009) – ePUB / PDF
* Collected Works (Delphi Classics, 2024) – ePUB / PDF
* The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works [ed. Hawking] (Penguin, 2007) – PDF
* The Essential Einstein: Public Writings [ed. Buchwald & Sauer] (Princeton, 2025) – ePUB / PDF
* The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings [ed. Buchwald & Sauer] (Princeton, 2025) – ePUB / PDF

== LETTERS ==

* Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić: The Love Letters [ed. Renn] (Princeton, 1992) – PDF
* Born-Einstein Letters [tr. Born] (Macmillan, 1971) – PDF
* Dear Professor Einstein [ed. Calaprice] (Prometheus, 2002) – ePUB
* Letters on Absolute Parallelism, 1929-1932 (Princeton, 1979) – PDF
* Letters on Wave Mechanics (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB
* Letters to Solovine, 1906-1955 (Open Road, 2011) – ePUB

== BIOGRAPHIES ==

* Ronald Clark – Einstein: The Life and Times (Bloomsbury, 2011) – ePUB
* Phillipp Frank – Einstein: His Life And Times (Knopf, 2002) – ePUB
* Steven Gimbel - Einstein_ His Space and Times (Yale, 2015) – ePUB / PDF
* Walter Isaacson – Einstein: His Life and Universe (S&S, 2007) – ePUB
* Abraham Pais – Subtle is the Lord (Oxford, 2005) – ePUB


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