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Einstein
His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson


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Isaacson, author of acclaimed biography "Benjamin Franklin," brings us the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his personal letters and papers have become available.

Simon & Schuster, 704 pages
04/10/2007
$32.00

ISBN: 0743264738

Nonfiction
Biographies & Memoirs
History

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Booklist Donna Seaman

Penetrating and magnificently nuanced. [15 Mar 2007, p.10]

Kirkus Reviews

An exemplary biography, at once sympathetic and unsparing. Readers will admire Einstein's greatness as a thinker, but they will now know that he, like all other idols, had feet of clay. [15 Feb 2007]

Library Journal Jack W. Weigel

Certainly one of the best and most complete Einstein biographies thus far; strongly recommended for public and academic libraries. [15 Feb 2007, p.127]

PopMatters Kathleen Krog

Like its subject, Walter Isaacson’s ambitious biography of Albert Einstein radiates intelligence, wit and eloquence.

The New York Times Janet Maslin

Mr. Isaacson asks the right questions...And he answers them with the clear, broad grasp of complex issues that make this book an illuminating delight.

Washington Post Michael Dirda

A painstaking and reliable biography. You won't go wrong in reading and learning from it.

San Francisco Chronicle Martin Rubin

Rewardingly sympathetic.

Publishers Weekly

[A] lucid account. [12 Feb 2007, p.78]

Los Angeles Times George Johnson

Occasioned by the release of more Einstein papers, [the] book re-creates events with a richness not possible before. Isaacson...does a fine job of explaining some difficult science.

New York Observer Stephen Amidon

[Isaacson’s] account of the great arc of Einstein’s life is certainly very satisfying.

Boston Globe Amir D. Aczel

The book emerges as a major and authoritative work on one of the most interesting figures in the history of science.

Chicago Sun-Times John Cruickshank

Isaacson is blithely unconcerned with the unsettling impact of Einstein's work -- and that's one of the great strengths of this biography. He captures the extraordinary drama of Einstein's historic adventure of ideas in sunny, energetic prose.

Christian Science Monitor Erik Spanberg

To Isaacson's credit, Einstein: His Life And Universe conveys the dizzying concepts of physics in a way most lay readers (this one certainly qualifies as that) can grasp.

Entertainment Weekly Thomas Hayden

What Isaacson's bio lacks in originality it makes up for in synthesis and stories too good to need any spin.

Houston Chronicle Steve Weinberg

As Isaacson recounts the growth and maturity of a genius, he fills the biography with psychological insights that grow organically from his intense study of the man.

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Einstein His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

Einstein
His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson