Albert Einstein, Creator & Rebel

Physicist Max Born on Einstein - “Einstein would be one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time even if he had not written a single line on relativity.” (pg 7) Marie Curie on Einstein - “I was able to appreciate the clarity of his mind, the breadth of his information, and the profundity of......more

Muy pero que muy interesante. Sabía un poco de Einstein como todo el mundo, pero en este libro te muestran además de todos sus logros científicos cómo era como persona.......more

Almost everyone has heard of Einstein. Many know he was considered a genius, some may know he was a physicist. But most, including me, don't know much more. This book, written by one of Einstein's physics' colleagues and his longtime secretary Helen Dukas, helps bridge the gap between the icon and t......more

Hoffmann and Dukas approach Einstein largely through his study of physics, and detail in dense but readable prose the course of his professional life. Although this may seem tedious it is not. Through their approach we see how Einstein entered and moved within the physics community, later transcendi......more

While Hoffmann took a scattered and disjointed approach to telling Einstein’s story, jumping in time and place and often organizing it by his scientific endeavors, he does a great job capturing the essence of the man and his discoveries. This is the closest I have gotten to Albert Einstein, truly und......more