Einstein: His Life and Universe

<b>NOW A MAJOR SERIES 'GENIUS' ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PRODUCED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING GEOFFREY RUSH</b><br /><br /><b>Einstein is the great icon of our age</b>: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and <b>extraordinary brilliance</b> made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius.<br /><br /> He was a <b>rebel</b> and <b>nonconformist </b>from boyhood days. His <b>character</b>,<b> creativity</b> and <b>imagination</b> were <b>related</b>, and they drove both his <b>life </b>and <b>his science</b>. In this marvellously clear and accessible narrative, <b>Walter Isaacson</b> explains how his mind worked and the <b>mysteries of the universe</b> that he discovered.<br /><br /> Einstein's success came from <b>questioning conventional wisdom</b> and marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to <b>embrace a worldview </b>based on respect for <b>free spirits</b> and free individuals. All of which helped make Einstein into a rebel but with a<b> reverence for the harmony of nature</b>, one with just the right blend of <b>imagination</b> and<b> wisdom</b> to transform our <b>understanding of the universe</b>. This new biography, the first since all of Einstein's papers have become available, is the fullest picture yet of one of the <b>key figures of the twentieth century</b>.<br /><br /> This is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available -- <b>a fully realised portrait </b>of this extraordinary human being, and <b>great genius</b>.<br /><br /><b>Praise for EINSTEIN by Walter Isaacson:-</b><br /><br /> 'YOU REALLY MUST READ THIS.' <b>Sunday Times</b><br /> 'As pithy as Einstein himself.' <b>New Scientist </b><br /> '[A] brilliant biography, rich with newly available archival material.' <b>Literary Review</b><br /> 'Beautifully written, it renders the physics understandable.' <b>Sunday Telegraph </b><br /> 'Isaacson is excellent at explaining the science. ' <b>Daily Express</b><br />

Paperback / softback | 704 pages | Published May 2008