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Albert Einstein: A Biography

by Albrecht Folsing

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Hawking Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject by Hélène Mialet

Charles Darwin: The Power of Place by Janet Browne

The Pasteurization of France by Bruno Latour

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Madame Curie: A Biography
by Eve Curie

Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren

Hawking Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject
by Hélène Mialet

Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
by Janet Browne

The Pasteurization of France
by Bruno Latour