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Scientific biography of Albert Einstein by Abraham Pais

Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein is a biography of Albert Einstein written by Abraham Pais.

First published in by Oxford University Press, the book is one of the most acclaimed biographies of the scientist.^[4] This was not the first popular biography of Einstein, but it was the first to focus on his scientific research as opposed to his life as a popular figure.^[5] Pais, renowned for his work in theoretical particle physics, was a friend of Einstein's at the Institute for Advanced Study in his early career.

Originally published in English in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book has translations in over a dozen languages.^[6] Pais later released a sequel to the book in titled Einstein Lived Here and, after his death in , the University Press released a posthumous reprint of the biography in , with a new foreword by Roger Penros