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.
"Isaacson has admirably succeeded in weaving together the complex
threads of Einstein's personal and scientific life to paint a
superb portrait." -- Arthur I. Miller, author of Einstein,
Picasso
"Once again Walter Isaacson has produced a most valuable biography
of a great man about whom much has already been written. It helps
that he has had access to important new material. He met the
challenge of dealing with his subject as a human being and
describing profound ideas in physics. His biography is a pleasure
to read and makes the great physicist come alive." -- Murray
Gell-Mann, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics and author of
The Quark and the Jaguar
"This book will be widely and deservedly admired. It is excellently
readable and combines the personal and the scientific aspects of
Einstein's life in a graceful way." -- Gerald Holton, Professor of
Physics at Harvard and author of Einstein, History, and Other
Passions
"This is a brilliant intellectual tapestry -- and a great read.
Skillfully weaving Einstein's revolutionary scientific
achievements, his prolific political initiatives, his complex
personal life, and his fascinating personality, Isaacson has
transformed the transformer of the twentieth century into a beacon
for the twenty-first century." -- Martin J. Sherwin, coauthor of
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography
"Walter Isaacson has captured the complete Einstein. With an
effortless style that belies a sharp attention to detail and
scientific accuracy, Isaacson takes us on a soaring journey through
the life, mind, and science of the man who changed our view of the
universe." -- Brian Greene, Professor of Physics at Columbia and
author of The Fabric of the Cosmos
"With unmatched narrative skill, Isaacson has managed the
extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature
while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come
to feel as if he could be walking in our midst. This is a terrific
work." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The
Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Acclaimed biographer Isaacson examines the remarkable life of "science's preeminent poster boy" in this lucid account (after 2003's Benjamin Franklin and 1992's Kissinger). Contrary to popular myth, the German-Jewish schoolboy Albert Einstein not only excelled in math, he mastered calculus before he was 15. Young Albert's dislike for rote learning, however, led him to compare his teachers to "drill sergeants." That antipathy was symptomatic of Einstein's love of individual and intellectual freedom, beliefs the author revisits as he relates his subject's life and work in the context of world and political events that shaped both, from WWI and II and their aftermath through the Cold War. Isaacson presents Einstein's research-his efforts to understand space and time, resulting in four extraordinary papers in 1905 that introduced the world to special relativity, and his later work on unified field theory-without equations and for the general reader. Isaacson focuses more on Einstein the man: charismatic and passionate, often careless about personal affairs; outspoken and unapologetic about his belief that no one should have to give up personal freedoms to support a state. Fifty years after his death, Isaacson reminds us why Einstein (1879-1955) remains one of the most celebrated figures of the 20th century. 500,000 firsr printing, 20-city author tour, first serial to Time; confirmed appearance on Good Morning America. (Apr.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
"Isaacson has admirably succeeded in weaving together the complex
threads of Einstein's personal and scientific life to paint a
superb portrait." -- Arthur I. Miller, author of Einstein,
Picasso
"Once again Walter Isaacson has produced a most valuable biography
of a great man about whom much has already been written. It helps
that he has had access to important new material. He met the
challenge of dealing with his subject as a human being and
describing profound ideas in physics. His biography is a pleasure
to read and makes the great physicist come alive." -- Murray
Gell-Mann, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics and author of
The Quark and the Jaguar
"This book will be widely and deservedly admired. It is excellently
readable and combines the personal and the scientific aspects of
Einstein's life in a graceful way." -- Gerald Holton, Professor of
Physics at Harvard and author of Einstein, History, and Other
Passions
"This is a brilliant intellectual tapestry -- and a great read.
Skillfully weaving Einstein's revolutionary scientific
achievements, his prolific political initiatives, his complex
personal life, and his fascinating personality, Isaacson has
transformed the transformer of the twentieth century into a beacon
for the twenty-first century." -- Martin J. Sherwin, coauthor of
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for
biography
"Walter Isaacson has captured the complete Einstein. With an
effortless style that belies a sharp attention to detail and
scientific accuracy, Isaacson takes us on a soaring journey through
the life, mind, and science of the man who changed our view of the
universe." -- Brian Greene, Professor of Physics at Columbia and
author of The Fabric of the Cosmos
"With unmatched narrative skill, Isaacson has managed the
extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature
while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come
to feel as if he could be walking in our midst. This is a terrific
work." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The
Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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