Einstein: His Life and Universe

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Good Books rating 4.5

Technical:
  • ID: 136
  • Added: 2025-09-03
  • Updated: 2025-09-03
  • ISBN: 9780743264747
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • Published: 2008-05-13
  • Reviews: 3
Reviews


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  • An exemplary biography, at once sympathetic and unsparing.
  • Isaacson lucidly explains the finer points of Einstein’s theories.
  • Einstein was sufficiently sure of his own genius and the needs it entailed that he refused to be tied down by the ordinary rules applied to husbands and fathers.


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  • The personal letters, quick wit and even tyrannical impulses let the reader understand this complex man as a man...
  • If you understand some of the physics then it will be a nice review, if you don’t then you won’t understand it after finishing reading either.
  • Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.


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  • This book is meticulously researched, beautifully written...
  • Isaacson creates a vivid and engaging portrait of who Einstein was as a whole...
  • Read this book and fall in love with this extraordinarily inspiring mensch!
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