Einstein: His Life And Universe By Walter Isaacson (Paperback, 2008)

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NOW A MAJOR SERIES &GENIUS& ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRODUCED BY RON HOWARD & STARRING GEOFFREY RUSHEinstein is the great icon of our age the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair twinkling eyes engaging humanity & extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol & his name a synonym for genius He was a rebel & nonconformist from boyhood days His character creativity & imagination were related & they drove both his life & his science In this marvellously clear & accessible narrative Walter Isaacson explains how his mind worked & the mysteries of the universe that he discovered Einstein&s success came from questioning conventional wisdom & marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane This led him to embrace a worldview based on respect for free spirits & free individuals All of which helped make Einstein into a rebel but with a reverence for the harmony of nature one with just the right blend of imagination & wisdom to transform our understanding of the universe This new biography the first since all of Einstein&s papers have become available is the fullest picture yet of one of the key figures of the twentieth century This is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available -- a fully realised portrait of this extraordinary human being & great genius Praise for EINSTEIN by Walter Isaacson-&YOU REALLY MUST READ THIS& Sunday Times& As pithy as Einstein himself’ New Scientist‘A brilliant biography rich with newly available archival material’ Literary Review‘ Beautifully written it renders the physics understandable’ Sunday Telegraph‘ Isaacson is excellent at explaining the science & Daily Express