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Albert einstein early life

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What would the world be like if Albert Einstein had never existed? Would the atomic bomb have been made in time to influence the outcome of World War II? Would Israel and those of the Jewish faith be where they are today?

Only a few individuals make a profound impact on this world. Some do this by deeds, some by might, some by brilliance, and some by force of personality. Albert Einstein did so by the last of these two. Walter Isaacson portrays his distinctive character and gives insight into the nature and the significance of his scientific discoveries in a well-written story of this legendary man.

This most recent biography of the famous scientist adds to the body of knowledge, drawing new information from numerous private papers that were released last year. From these in particular, we gain more insight into Einstein's relationships. Friendly and benevolent to friends, he could be aloof and unsympathetic to family. His two marriages and his children—one born out of wedlock, another who became schizophrenic, and a third who

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, born in Ulm in Germany in 1879, was one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, and nearly 2000 books have been written about him. Astonishingly, he came up with a number of his groundbreaking ideas—including his theory of special relativity—in 1905, when he was working in Switzerland as a patent clerk.

We've interviewed the authors of two Einstein biographies, Andrew Robinson and Walter Isaacson, about which books to read to learn more about him, and you'll see their book recommendation interviews below. Robinson is an experienced science writer, Isaacson a biographer (who also wrote a fantastic biography of Steve Jobs) so that may affect which book and/or interview you turn to first.

Because of Einstein's importance to physics, books about him come up again and again across Five Books. One of our most highly recommended books is the biography of him by Abraham Pais, Subtle is the Lord. Bear in mind though, that this is a scientific biography, so if your knowledge of physics and relativity is shaky, it's probably not the best place to star

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

Book by Walter Isaacson

Einstein: His Life and Universe is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson. The biographical analysis of Albert Einstein's life and legacy was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007, and it has received a generally positive critical reception from multiple fronts,[1][2] praise appearing from an official Amazon.com review as well as in publications such as The Guardian and Physics Today.[1][2][3]

In broad terms, the book portrays Einstein as an insolent figure who possessed a strong sense of creativity and independence that, had the physicist succeeded in achieving academic employment as a young man, could have gotten quashed due to the atmosphere of the times.[1][2]

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Isaacson had previously written books on the life stories of statesmen Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger.[

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