Dropout. Pacifist. Physicist. Casanova. Refugee. Rebel. Genius. Think you know Einstein Think again.
His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today,he's a figurehead as much as a man,symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress,of the human mind,even of the age. But who was Einstein really
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered relativity,black holes and E = mc2,dined with Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood and was the inspiration for (highly radioactive) element 99,Albert Einstein was also a high school dropout with an FBI file 1,400 pages long.
In this book,Samuel Graydon brings history's most famous scientist back to life. From his lost daughter to escaping the Nazis,from his love letters to unlikely inventions,from telling jokes to cheer up his sad parrot Bibo to refusing the Presidency of Israel,through the discoveries and thought experiments that changed science,Einstein in Time and Space tells 99 unforgettable stories of the man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within it.
Publisher: John Murray PressISBN: 9781529372489Number of pages: 320Weight: 41 gDimensions: 240 x 156 mm
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A mosaic biography of an exceptional scientist...(pieced together) with illuminating skill,style,candour and charmFor all the thousands of biographies previously written of him,I think Graydon has done a fine and often fascinating job here,and anyone with an interest in science and scientists will absolutely lap this up.
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