Walter Isaacson

Einstein

His Life and Universe

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Produktbeschreibung

The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein from the author of The Innovators, Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin.

__Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush__

How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how Einstein's scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.

Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk - a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate - became the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom, and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits and free individuals.

Einstein, the classic No.1 New York Times bestseller, is a brilliantly acclaimed account of the most influential scientist of the twentieth century,

'An illuminating delight' New York Times

'Dramatic and revelatory' Sunday Times

'Beautifully written' Sunday Telegraph

'Astonishing' Mail on Sunday

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster US
• TV Tie-In
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781471167942
• ISBN-10: 1471167941
• Artikelnr.: 48179052

Autorenporträt

Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He and his wife live in New Orleans. Facebook: Walter Isaacson, Twitter: @WalterIsaacson

Inhaltsangabe

Main Characters
The Light-Beam Rider
Childhood, 1879--1896
The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900
The Lovers, 1900-1904
The Miracle Year: Quanta and Molecules, 1905
Special Relativity, 1905
The Happiest Thought, 1906-1909
The Wandering Professor, 1909-1914
General Relativity, 1911-1915
Divorce, 1916-1919
Einstein's Universe, 1916-1919
Fame, 1919
The Wandering Zionist, 1920-1921
Nobel Laureate, 1921-1927
Unified Field Theories, 1923-1931
Turning Fifty, 1929-1931
Einstein's God
The Refugee, 1932-1933
America, 1933-1939
Quantum Entanglement, 1935
The Bomb, 1939-1945
One-Worlder, 1945-1948
Landmark, 1948-1953
Red Scare, 1951-1954
Epilogue Einstein's Brain and Einsteins Mind
The End, 1955
Sources
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

"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