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Albert Einstein
- Author
- Banesh Hoffmann
- Narrator
- Wanda McCaddon
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 23 August 2011
- Run Time
- 7 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This remarkable study is a model of what the biography of a scientist should be. Its author, a noted scientist himself, was a friend of and collaborator with Albert Einstein. On these pages, we come to know Albert Einstein as the “backward” child; the academic outcast; the reluctant world celebrity; the exile; the pacifist; the philosopher; the humanitarian; the tragically saddened “father” of the atomic bomb; and above all, the unceasing searcher after scientific truth. At the same time, we are given a superb and essential introduction to the creative process and the concepts that shattered an age-old view of the universe and ushered in a revolution whose reverberations continue to touch us all.
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“The exciting scientist is here in full measure.”
New York Times
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“Compelling reading…one of the most impressive books of the year.”
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Details
- Author
- Banesh Hoffmann
- Narrator
- Wanda McCaddon
- Duration
- 7 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 August 2011
- ISBN
- 9781481558259
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: general, Physics, Relativity physics
Synopsis
This remarkable study is a model of what the biography of a scientist should be. Its author, a noted scientist himself, was a friend of and collaborator with Albert Einstein. On these pages, we come to know Albert Einstein as the “backward” child; the academic outcast; the reluctant world celebrity; the exile; the pacifist; the philosopher; the humanitarian; the tragically saddened “father” of the atomic bomb; and above all, the unceasing searcher after scientific truth. At the same time, we are given a superb and essential introduction to the creative process and the concepts that shattered an age-old view of the universe and ushered in a revolution whose reverberations continue to touch us all.
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