Einstein

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"Walter Isaacson has captured the complete Einstein. With an effortless style that belies a sharp atten^ tion to detail and scientific accuracy, Isaacson takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind, and science of the man who changed our view of the universe."

"This book does an amazing job getting the science right and the man revealed."
"This book vnll be widely and deservedly admired. It is excellendy readable and combines the personal and the scientific aspects of Einstein's life in a graceful way." !p
"Once again Walter Isaacson has produced a most valuable biography ofa great man about whom much has already been written. It helps that he has had access to important new material. He met the challenge of dealing vrith his subject as a human being and describing profound ideas in physics. His; biography is a pleasure to read and makes the great physicist come alive." r j
"With unmatched narrative skill, Isaacson has managed the extraordinary feat of preserving... Tovább

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"Walter Isaacson has captured the complete Einstein. With an effortless style that belies a sharp atten^ tion to detail and scientific accuracy, Isaacson takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind, and science of the man who changed our view of the universe."

"This book does an amazing job getting the science right and the man revealed."
"This book vnll be widely and deservedly admired. It is excellendy readable and combines the personal and the scientific aspects of Einstein's life in a graceful way." !p
"Once again Walter Isaacson has produced a most valuable biography ofa great man about whom much has already been written. It helps that he has had access to important new material. He met the challenge of dealing vrith his subject as a human being and describing profound ideas in physics. His; biography is a pleasure to read and makes the great physicist come alive." r j
"With unmatched narrative skill, Isaacson has managed the extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come to feel as if he could be walking in our midst. This is a terrific work."
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"Isaacson's treatment of Einstein's scientific work is excellent: accurate, complete, and just the right level of detail for the general reader. Taking advantage of the wealth of recendy uncovered historical material, he has produced the most readable biography of Eiilstein yet."
"This is a brilliant intellectual tapestry—and a great read. Skillfidly weaving Einstein's revolutionary scientific achievements, his prolific political initiatives, his complex personal life, and his fascinating personality, Isaacson has transformed the transformer of the twentieth century into a beacon for die ] twenty-first century." ¦ • : !.

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By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first fuU biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers
have become available.
How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personahty. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.
Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk—a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate—became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marvehng at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.
These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.
"I found so much to admire; there are many places where I just had to cheer what Isaacson had written." —Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Science at Harvard
"Isaacson has written a crisp, engaging, and refreshing biography, one that beautifully masters the historical literature and offers many new insights into Einstein's work and life." —Diana Kormos Buchwald,
General Editor of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
"Isaacson has admirably succeeded in weaving together the complex threads of Einstein's personal and scientific life to paint a superb portrait."
—Arthur I. Miller, author of Einstein, Picasso
"Isaacson has done a remarkable job conveying a sense of Einstein the man and also the fine details of his science." —Lawrence M. Krauss,
Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve and author of Hiding in the Mirror
WALTER ISAACSON, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author o{ Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and of Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, D.C., wdth his wife and daughter.
This title is also available from
Simon & Schuster Audio and as an eBook.
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