Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity

from chrissie3

The book wasn't amazing, but the man certainly was. Don't get me wrong; I really liked the book, and it is one I would recommend to all those readers who want to meet an intelligent, wonderful, honest, humble person. I am not calling him great for what he did for science, but for the kind of pers...

from NativeRoses

Recently finished Isaacson's Einstein: His Life and Universe. Based on newly available Einstein papers, it's dishy and gossipy while still capturing the social climate, academic politics, and culture of war that impacted much of Einstein's life. It's well crafted and i particularly enjoyed early ...

from starkravingmad

Similar to Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, this biography of Einstein, written four years earlier, is pleasingly similar. It's comprehensive and insighful with just the right balance of physics and mathematics with Einstein's personal life. It was quite surprising to learn that most, if not a...

from mrminjares

Albert Einstein to me was a philosopher, who used principally his imagination and logic to arrive at truths about the universe. These were physical and mathematical truths, but they were also social and moral truths. In science, he made a series of brilliant discoveries in 1905 including revelati...

from Cecrow

What a well-written book - bravo! Isaacson tackles a man known for complex ideas and produces an easy-to-read, to-the-point biography that respectfully captures Einstein's personal side as well as his scientific achievements, and briefly touches on many of his amazing contemporaries. I was able t...