Einstein on the Run

{{short description|2019 book by Andrew Robinson}}

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How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist

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| author = Andrew Robinson

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| language = English

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| subject = Albert Einstein

| genre = Biography, history of science

| publisher = Yale University Press

| pub_date = 2019

| media_type = Print & audio

| pages = xvii+351

| isbn = 978-0-300-23476-3

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Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist (2019), by Andrew Robinson, is a biographical account of Albert Einstein's half-century relationship with Britain's science, scientists, and society, focusing on his escape from Nazi Germany via Britain in 1933.{{cite web| url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44174556-einstein-on-the-run | title=Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist by Andrew Robinson | website=Goodreads | accessdate=20 December 2022 }}

File:Einstein's landing card (5706142737).jpg for Einstein’s journey from Ostend, Belgium, to Dover, England, on 26 May 1933, with his destination address indicated as Oxford]]

The book includes a prologue, eight chapters an epilogue, notes and references, a bibliography, and an index, with 33 monochrome illustrations. It is available in hardback and paperback versions.{{cite web| url=https://yalebooks.co.uk/page/detail/einstein-on-the-run/?k=9780300234763 | title=Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist, Andrew Robinson | publisher=Yale University Press | work=YaleBooks | accessdate=20 December 2022 }} An audible version is available, narrated by Antony Ferguson.{{cite web| url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Einstein-on-the-Run-Audiobook/1094059455 | title=Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist | publisher=Amazon | work=Audible | accessdate=20 December 2022 }} Einstein's visits to the University of Oxford at the invitation of the Oxford physicist Frederick Lindemann (1st Viscount Cherwell), staying in Christ Church, and his 1931 lectures at Rhodes House in Oxford, including his preserved blackboard, are also covered.{{cite magazine| first=Andrew | last=Robinson | author-link=W. Andrew Robinson | title=Einstein in Oxford | magazine=Physics World | date=17 June 2019 | url=https://physicsworld.com/a/einstein-in-oxford/ }}

The book has been reviewed in a number of publications and online, including:

• Amazon{{cite book|date=2019|id={{ASIN|0300234767|country=uk}} {{ASIN|0300234767|country=uk}}|title=Einstein On the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist}}
• BBC Sky at Night{{cite magazine| first=Emily | last=Winterburn | title=Einstein on the Run | magazine=BBC Sky at Night | issue=7247 | page=95 | date=November 2019 | url=https://www.yumpu.com/news/en/issue/7247-bbc-sky-at-night-issue-122019/read?page=95 }}
• Metascience{{cite journal| last=Pasachoff | first=Naomi | title=Einstein in exile | journal=Metascience | volume=29 | number=2 | date=July 2020 | pages=225–227 | doi=10.1007/s11016-020-00503-5 | s2cid=254791048 }}
• Nature{{cite journal| title=Einstein in Britain, worlds on the ebb, and a new angle on climate engineering: Books in brief | first=Barbara | last=Kiser | journal=Nature | volume=573 | page=493 | date=26 September 2012 | issue=7775 | doi=10.1038/d41586-019-02851-7 | s2cid=202749624 | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02851-7 | doi-access=free }}
• Physics World{{cite magazine| first=Ian | last=Randall | title=A relative journey | magazine=Physics World | volume=162 | date=December 2019 | page=44 | url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/9762d4ab7fc387246630ab1857b51274?AccessKeyId=A43E21C9CA4E33A77D3E&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 }}
• The Times Literary Supplement{{cite news| title=Relative values: The private and public lives of Albert Einstein | first=P. D. | last=Smith) | newspaper=The Times Literary Supplement | location=UK | date=3 April 2020 | url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-public-and-private-lives-of-albert-einstein-p-d-smith/ }}
• The Wall Street Journal{{cite news| title='Einstein in Bohemia' and 'Einstein on the Run' Review: Genius Will Travel | first=Andrew | last=Crumey | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal | date=14 February 2020 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/einstein-in-bohemia-and-einstein-on-the-run-review-genius-will-travel-11581695561 }}

An associated event took place on 8 March 2020 at Kings Place in London as part of Jewish Book Week 2020, featuring the book's author Andrew Robinson and the astrophysicist Martin Rees.{{cite web| url=https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/einstein-on-the-run/ | title=Einstein on the Run | publisher=Kings Place | location=UK | date=8 March 2020 | accessdate=21 December 2022 }} The event was recorded.{{cite web| url=https://vimeo.com/jewishbookweek/download/396664194/3c1e98111b | title=JBW 2020 – Einstein on the Run | work=Vimeo | accessdate=21 December 2022 }}