Ze'ev Rosenkranz, M.A., M.L.S., is Bern Dibner Curator in the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Jewish National and University Library.
"An engaging kaleidoscope of documents and photographs from
Einstein's personal effects. The collection provides an interesting
window through which to view this icon's scientific, political, and
social contributions." -- Science News
"An excellent, highly accessible book... The book is profusely
illustrated and contains some fine examples of Einstein's doggerels
and quirky humor." -- Tom Tugend, Jewish Journal of Greater Los
Angeles
"Of all the books I have read about Einstein, this is the only one
that is easy and fun to read, and yet is highly informative. Ze'ev
Rosenkranz teaches us about Albert Einstein, the man and his
passions." -- David B. Rosenfeld, Jewish Herald Voice
"The Einstein Scrapbook is a brilliant book chronicling the life of
a brilliant man... I applaud what Rosenkranz has accomplished: the
almost impossible task of capturing the entirety of a giant of a
man who is both real and an abstraction, a thinking man who moves
beyond flesh and has become a concept unto himself." -- Thomas
Fortenberry, Midwest Book Review
"This is pure enjoyment. The Einstein Scrapbook contains, of
course, a short and good biography and concise summaries of
Einstein's most famous work and his other contributions to science,
as well as his involvement in world politics and peace, all of
which have been covered thoroughly elsewhere and many times. But
it's the photographs that make the most impact. He could be solemn
and dignified and also a clown. He was more than a little an actor
and this is delightfully obvious in these pictures. On looks alone
Einstein could have been a supporting player in Hollywood films at
any stage of his life. The humanity demonstrated here is
uplifting." -- Roy Herbert, New Scientist
"This thinking-man's coffee-table book [is] a handsomely produced
tome that pays due tribute to one of the greatest minds in history.
At the very least, The Einstein Scrapbook helps answer why its
subject has been the object of such other-worldly adulation. It is
not just for his alleged super-human powers of mind and character
qualities he shared with at least a half-dozen of his scientific
contemporaries, among them Max Planck, Niels Bohr, and Enrico
Fermi. As this book repeatedly makes clear, it was Einstein's very
human qualities, in combination with his almost super-human
intellect, that made him such an exemplary figure." -- Calev
Ben-David, Jerusalem Post
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