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Einstein : A Biography Hardcover Jürgen Neffe
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374146640
ISBN-13
9780374146641
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57143411
Product Key Features
Original Language
German
Book Title
Einstein : a Biography
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
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LCCN
2006-026136
Reviews
"You would never know you were reading a translation. Converted into evocative, idiomatic English by Shelley Frisch, the book abandons the traditional chronological framework to make oblique swipes across Einstein's timeline-like those bullets flying through a train. One chapter is on his psychological makeup, another on the scientists who influenced him, another on The Physicist and the Women. Occasionally leaping to the present, Neffe tells the story behind the story, the literary forensics by which modern-day Einstein sleuths piece together what he knew when . . . If you already know the story, Neffe's book might tell you something new." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "One closes this rigorously reseached and finely written biography full of admiration for the scientist..." -The New York Observer "Jurgen Neffe, a German journalist and biochemist, embarks on a more probing, if somewhat dour, exploration in an expanded version of a biography originally published in Germany in 2005, here crisply translated by Shelley Frisch." -New York Times Book Review "A comprehensive, sympathetic and very readable portrait of the man, the celebrity, the scientist and the theories that transformed physics and the modern world...Stellar research and prose combine in a splendid biogrpahy of physics' most luminous persona." -Kirkus Reviews "In the wonderland realm described by Einstein's theory of special relativity, simultaneity generally proves to be an illusion, but in the world of publishing, two good studies of the same subject will often appear at roughly the same time. Then, alas, a variant of another scientific doctrine -- Gresham's law -- typically goes into effect: One book tends to drive out the other. Walter Isaacson's hefty biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) appears with lots of panoply -- including 11 blurbs by noted scientists and biographers -- and the author provides a thorough and patient account of a great thinker's life and achievements. The tone is rightly admiring, though fully aware of the saintly scientist's darker side -- at least one illegitimate child, several mistresses, a coldness to his family that verged on heartlessness and cruelty. The prose is straightforward and clear, essential when explaining complex ideas, though sometimes feeling airless or straitjacketed, as if Isaacson were afraid of making a mistake or showing any personal feeling. Like other popularizers before him, he works hard to explain Einstein's conceptual breakthroughs and to lay out his decades-long arguments with Niels Bohr and the progenitors of quantum mechanics. For, sad to say, after the age of 40, this once-revolutionary thinker grew increasingly conservative and stuck in his ways, never bringing himself to fully accept indeterminacy, uncertainty and chance as the secret governors of the universe. In a famous catchphrase, Einstein couldn't believe that God played with dice, and for decades he kept up the search for a "unified field theory" that would make sense of everything.Einstein: His Life and Universecovers all this and much else in a painstaking and reliable biography. You won't go wrong in reading and learning from it. But Jurgen Neffe's exhilaratingEinstein: A Biographyis a lot more fun. At first, Neffe might sound like a German counterpart to Isaacson. Both are distinguished journalists, Neffe having won the Egon Erwin Kisch Award, "the most prestigious award for print journalism in Germany." While Isaacson is currently the CEO of the Aspen Institute, the German writer is affiliated with the Max Planck Insti, "You would never know you were reading a translation. Converted into evocative, idiomatic English by Shelley Frisch, the book abandons the traditional chronological framework to make oblique swipes across Einstein's timelineÂ--like those bullets flying through a train. One chapter is on his psychological makeup, another on the scientists who influenced him, another on The Physicist and the Women. Occasionally leaping to the present, Neffe tells the story behind the story, the literary forensics by which modern-day Einstein sleuths piece together what he knew when . . . If you already know the story, Neffe's book might tell you something new." Â--Los Angeles Times Book Review "One closes this rigorously reseached and finely written biography full of admiration for the scientist..." Â--The New York Observer "Jurgen Neffe, a German journalist and biochemist, embarks on a more probing, if somewhat dour, exploration in an expanded version of a biography originally published in Germany in 2005, here crisply translated by Shelley Frisch." Â--New York Times Book Review "A comprehensive, sympathetic and very readable portrait of the man, the celebrity, the scientist and the theories that transformed physics and the modern world...Stellar research and prose combine in a splendid biogrpahy of physics' most luminous persona." Â--Kirkus Reviews "In the wonderland realm described by Einstein's theory of special relativity, simultaneity generally proves to be an illusion, but in the world of publishing, two good studies of the same subject will often appear at roughly the same time. Then, alas, a variant of another scientific doctrine -- Gresham's law -- typically goes into effect: One book tends to drive out the other. Walter Isaacson's hefty biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) appears with lots of panoply -- including 11 blurbs by noted scientists and biographers -- and the author provides a thorough and patient account of a great thinker's life and achievements. The tone is rightly admiring, though fully aware of the saintly scientist's darker side -- at least one illegitimate child, several mistresses, a coldness to his family that verged on heartlessness and cruelty. The prose is straightforward and clear, essential when explaining complex ideas, though sometimes feeling airless or straitjacketed, as if Isaacson were afraid of making a mistake or showing any personal feeling. Like other popularizers before him, he works hard to explain Einstein's conceptual breakthroughs and to lay out his decades-long arguments with Niels Bohr and the progenitors of quantum mechanics. For, sad to say, after the age of 40, this once-revolutionary thinker grew increasingly conservative and stuck in his ways, never bringing himself to fully accept indeterminacy, uncertainty and chance as the secret governors of the universe. In a famous catchphrase, Einstein couldn't believe that God played with dice, and for decades he kept up the search for a "unified field theory" that would make sense of everything.Einstein: His Life and Universecovers all this and much else in a painstaking and reliable biography. You won't go wrong in reading and learning from it. But Jurgen Neffe's exhilaratingEinstein: A Biographyis a lot more fun. At first, Neffe might sound like a German counterpart to Isaacson. Both are distinguished journalists, Neffe having won the Egon Erwin Kisch Award, "the most prestigious award for print journalism in Germany." While Isaacson is currently the CEO of the Aspen Institute, the German writer is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Th
Synopsis
Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. A self-pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life, democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the social impact of his discoveries. Much of Einstein's life is shrouded in legend. From popular images and advertisements to various works of theater and fiction, he has come to signify so many things. In "Einstein: A Biography," Jurgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth. Unearthing new documents, including a series of previously unknown letters from Einstein to his sons, which shed new light on his role as a father, Neffe paints a rich portrait of the tumultuous years in which Einstein lived and worked. And with a background in the sciences, he describes and contextualizes Einstein's enormous contributions to our scientific legacy."" "Einstein," a breakout bestseller in Germany, is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called "the brain of the [twentieth] century.", Einstein, a breakout bestseller in Germany, is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called the brain of the (20th) century., Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. A self-pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life, democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the social impact of his discoveries. Much of Einstein's life is shrouded in legend. From popular images and advertisements to various works of theater and fiction, he has come to signify so many things. In Einstein: A Biography , Jürgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth. Unearthing new documents, including a series of previously unknown letters from Einstein to his sons, which shed new light on his role as a father, Neffe paints a rich portrait of the tumultuous years in which Einstein lived and worked. And with a background in the sciences, he describes and contextualizes Einstein's enormous contributions to our scientific legacy. Einstein , a breakout bestseller in Germany, is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called "the brain of the [twentieth] century.", "Einstein," a breakout bestseller in Germany, is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called "the brain of the (20th) century."
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