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Overview
Ronald W. Clark's acclaimed biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor who confidently claimed that space and time were not what they seemed.
Here is the classic portrait of the scientist and the man: the boy growing up in the Swiss Alps, the young man caught in an unhappy first marriage, the passionate pacifist who agonized over making the Bomb, the indifferent Zionist asked to head the Israeli state, and the physicist who believed in God.
Synopsis
"A fascinating description of the career and substance of a genius."
Christian Science Monitor
"Encyclopedic! Vivid and readable"
New York Times Book Review
"Applauded for its precision as well as its perception"
Chicago Tribune
"An adventure of the intellect, challenging and absorbing"
Vancouver Sun
"A nonscientific reader will gain a real and imaginative impression of Einsteinian physicsA remarkable feat. Read the book. It is well worth it."
C.P. Snow, Life "Clark not only brings Einstein alive, but also the scientific and intellectual issues."
Los Angeles Times