Einstein, Albert. The World as I See It.

1949. Reprint. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1979. Out of My Later Years.

1950. Reprint. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1973. These two famous collections of essays, letters, and speeches cover a wide range of public and personal issues.

French, A. P., ed. Einstein:A Centenary Volume. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. Intended for teachers and advanced students of physics, this collection examines Einstein the man, his scientific work and its subsequent influence, and his role as a humanitarian and world statesman.

Goldsmith, Maurice, Alan Mackay, and James Woudhuysen, eds. Einstein: The First Hundred Years. New York: Pergamon Press, 1980. Fairly difficult to read, this work addresses Einstein's impact on science, society, world affairs, and the arts.

Hawking, Stephen W. From the Big Bang to Black Holes: A Brief History of Time.

New York: Bantam, 1987. A physicist at Cambridge University, Hawking is regarded by some...