Einstein: His Life and Universe

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Simon and Schuster, 4 sept. 2008 - 704 pagini
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Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius.

He was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days. His character, creativity and imagination were related, and they drove both his life and his science. In this marvellously clear and accessible narrative, Walter Isaacson explains how his mind worked and the mysteries of the universe that he discovered.

Einstein's success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a worldview based on respect for free spirits and 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 and 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, and 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
 
 

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Acknowledgments
CHAPTER
The Zurich Polytechnic 18961900
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER
The Happiest Thought 19061909
The Wandering Professor 19091914
Einsteins Brain and Einsteins Mind
Sources
General Relativity 19111915
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR
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Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

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