Download or read book A Living Work of Art written by A. J. Kox and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography describes the life of Lorentz, from his early childhood, as the son of a market gardener in the provincial town of Arnhem, to his death, as a towering figure in physics and in international scientific cooperation, and as a trailblazer for Einstein's relativity theory.