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The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution is a comprehensive and well-organized text that provides an overview of the Russian Revolution and includes the Bolshevik seizure of power and the Russian Civil War. The book consists of 30 chapters written by different contributors, including both established scholars and early-career academics. It covers various aspects of the revolution, such as political crises, politicians and parties, social groups, identities, regions and peoples, and the civil war. The text offers fresh and insightful perspectives and is recommended for students and scholars of Russian and European history, as well as those interested in social and cultural movements. [Extracted from the article]

"The Einsteinian Revolution: The Historical Roots of His Breakthrough" by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn is a book that aims to provide a readable overview of how Albert Einstein grappled with central problems in physics around 1900. The authors argue that scientific theories change by transforming previous ideas and constructs rather than overthrowing them, which they call a "Copernicus process." The book discusses Einstein's special theory of relativity, his rejection of the ether hypothesis, and his development of the general theory of relativity. It also mentions the confirmation of Einstein's prediction of the deflection of light during a solar eclipse in 1919, which contributed to his fame. [Extracted from the article]