Both the genius and the man shine through on nearly every page. Einstein is superbly assembled and remarkably readable. The first writer to have full access to all of Einstein's papers, including newly released personal letters, Isaacson clearly put his access to good use. In Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson parts the clouds.īest-selling author Isaacson, a former managing editor of Time and CEO of CNN, established his credentials as a biographer with Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003). But as with any celebrity, fiction and fact are so intertwined that our view of the man is clouded by myth. He is still quoted at length often out of context and his ideas are still hotly debated both inside and outside the world of science. T-shirts, posters, action figures and innumerable books all bear witness to the hold he exerts on society 52 years after his death. Merely stating his name is sufficient to make the point. It is redundant to say that Albert Einstein is the world's most famous scientist.
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