Isaacson, author of acclaimed biography "Benjamin Franklin," brings us the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his personal letters and papers have become available.
Critic Reviews
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Outstanding
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Booklist Donna Seaman
Penetrating and magnificently nuanced. [15 Mar 2007, p.10]
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Outstanding
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Kirkus Reviews
An exemplary biography, at once sympathetic and unsparing. Readers will admire Einstein's greatness as a thinker, but they will now know that he, like all other idols, had feet of clay. [15 Feb 2007]
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Outstanding
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Library Journal Jack W. Weigel
Certainly one of the best and most complete Einstein biographies thus far; strongly recommended for public and academic libraries. [15 Feb 2007, p.127]
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Outstanding
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PopMatters Kathleen Krog
Like its subject, Walter Isaacson’s ambitious biography of Albert Einstein radiates intelligence, wit and eloquence.
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Outstanding
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
Mr. Isaacson asks the right questions...And he answers them with the clear, broad grasp of complex issues that make this book an illuminating delight.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Michael Dirda
A painstaking and reliable biography. You won't go wrong in reading and learning from it.
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Favorable
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San Francisco Chronicle Martin Rubin
Rewardingly sympathetic.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
[A] lucid account. [12 Feb 2007, p.78]
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times George Johnson
Occasioned by the release of more Einstein papers, [the] book re-creates events with a richness not possible before. Isaacson...does a fine job of explaining some difficult science.
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Favorable
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New York Observer Stephen Amidon
[Isaacson’s] account of the great arc of Einstein’s life is certainly very satisfying.
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Amir D. Aczel
The book emerges as a major and authoritative work on one of the most interesting figures in the history of science.
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Favorable
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Chicago Sun-Times John Cruickshank
Isaacson is blithely unconcerned with the unsettling impact of Einstein's work -- and that's one of the great strengths of this biography. He captures the extraordinary drama of Einstein's historic adventure of ideas in sunny, energetic prose.
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Favorable
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Christian Science Monitor Erik Spanberg
To Isaacson's credit, Einstein: His Life And Universe conveys the dizzying concepts of physics in a way most lay readers (this one certainly qualifies as that) can grasp.
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Favorable
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Entertainment Weekly Thomas Hayden
What Isaacson's bio lacks in originality it makes up for in synthesis and stories too good to need any spin.
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Favorable
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Houston Chronicle Steve Weinberg
As Isaacson recounts the growth and maturity of a genius, he fills the biography with psychological insights that grow organically from his intense study of the man.
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