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In this narrative, walter isaacson explains how his mind worked and the mysteries of the universe that he discovered. Miller, author of einstein, picasso isaacson has written a crisp, engaging, and refreshing biography, one that beautifully masters the historical literature and offers many new insights. It is very well written for the lay person and reveals many interesting sides of einsteins life and works. Isaacson deals clearly and comfortably with the scope of einsteins life. The book is the first biography to tackle einstein s enormous volume of personal correspondence that heretofore had been sealed. His life and universe audiobook by walter isaacson.
His life and universe, walter isaacson author of the bestselling biographies benjamin franklin and kissinger brings einstein s experience of life, love, and intellectual discovery into brilliant focus. Isaacson, at times, details einsteins approach and passion for physics in a manner that can be quite detailed and may be challenging for some. Based on the newly released personal letters of albert einstein, walter isaacson explores how. Isaacsons biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. Positions that hes held include serving as the president and ceo of the aspen institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in washington, d. If his highly readable and informative book has an achilles heel, its in the area of science. Einstein book by walter isaacson official publisher page. In this authoritative and engrossing fullscale biography, walter isaacson, bestselling author of einstein and steve jobs, shows how the most fascinating of americas founders helped define our national character. Isaacsons biography shows how einsteins scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality.
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Based on the newly released personal letters of albert einstein, walter isaacson explores how an imaginative. Einstein was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days, and these character traits drove both his life and his science. Each week we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work. Benjamin franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. Einstein, albert, 18791955, einstein, albert, 18791955 friends and associates, physicists biography, relativity physics, unified field theories publisher new york. You thought he was a stodgy scientist with funny hair, but isaacson and hermann reveal an eloquent, intense, and selfless human being who not only shaped science with his theories, but politics and world events in the 20th century as well.
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Oct 24, 2011 based on more than forty interviews with steve jobs conducted over two yearsas well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagueswalter isaacson has written a riveting story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for. This book does an amazing job getting the science right and the man revealed. Like the other idols in isaacsons gallery of polymaths and visionaries albert einstein, benjamin franklin, steve jobs leonardo da vinci was born with extra bundles of receptors, attuned. Walter isaacson audio books, best sellers, author bio. He does this surprisingly well and in a way that makes you understand what it is all about. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at. In 2005, astronomers and cosmologists celebrated in style the 100th anniversary of. As a scientist, albert einstein was one of the most epic stars among all 20thcentury scientific thinkers. His life and universe by walter isaacson audio book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Apr 24, 2017 theory of relativity by albert einstein audiobook read by librivox volunteers genre. Now the basis of genius, the tenpart national geographic series on the life of albert einstein, starring the oscar, emmy, and tony awardwinning actor geoffrey rush as einstein. Isaacson compares the two and leaves his focus on display for the reader.
Walter isaacsons leonardo da vinci is the portrait of a. Isaacson has admirably succeeded in weaving together the complex threads of einstein s personal and scientific life to paint a superb portrait. Nonfiction, science albert einstein 18791955 was a germanborn theoretical physicist who developed the. Walter isaacson, one of the most celebrated biographers of our time, is probably the only person who could successfully tackle a biography of the utterly complex, enigmatic, and misunderstood leonardo da vinci.
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