| Einstein - His Life And Universe
(2007)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
Back Cover |
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| Genre |
Biography; Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 - Friends And Associates; Physicists - Biography; Relativity (Physics); Unified Field Theories |
| Publication Date |
4/10/2007 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.4
x
6.4
mm)
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| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Description |
| By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full 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 personality. 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 marveling 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. |
| Personal Details |
| Store |
2nd & Charles |
| Purchase Price |
$8.05 |
| Acquire Date |
8/24/2021 |
| Condition |
Very Good/Very Good |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
QC16.E5 .I76 2007 |
| Dewey |
530.092 |
| ISBN |
9780743264730 |
| Cover Price |
$32.00 |
| No. of Pages |
675 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
An interesting telling of the life of an interesting individual.
It seems to be quite well researched and it's easy to read. The subject, of course, is one of the great figures in physics - a man whose work changed the world.
Because his work affected and was affected by the work of others, we naturally learn about the great discoveries in the realm of physics over the course of the first half of the 20th century. I found most of the science to be fairly well described and easy to follow, and, because none of it is accompanied by the underlying mathematics, easily understood by anybody who managed to pass high school physics.
I found Einstein to be full of ironies. His early work made him a bit of an iconoclast, if that term can be used here, while he spent much of his later years working to reconcile quantum physics into a more classical model (e.g. his often quoted remarks about God not playing dice).
Quite a bit of time is spent on his family life. I think a good whole-life biography needs to include a fair amount of this. Without knowing how he dealt with the people close to him, can we get a fully formed idea of who he was, what his strengths and weaknesses were?
Recommended. |
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