Einstein

Puede ser interesante para quien ya sepa lo esencial sobre el personaje. Aporta nueva información sobre cartas u otros documentos que se han ido conociendo posteriormente a muchas de las otras obras existentes. Más duro de leer que el de W. Isaacson, pero vale la pena.

I found this biography easy to read and follow. It tries to present Einstein in an objective light, but is lyrical and thoughtful. Without casting judgement the writer moves you to make your own judgement. I feel only sadness when I hear of Einsteins private life and what happened to his wives and children. In that sense he was as ordinary as the rest of us, and perhaps more tragic. I feel only total exhilaration and excitement when I read how he came about the theory of relativity which surely is the most awesome thought man has ever had? Tough competition from Darwin on Evolution I think and of course Watson and Crick with DNA. He let his religious and philosophical prejudices cloud his scientific judgement sometimes, but relativity opened up cosmology (how was the universe created) which allowed science to move into an area dominated by religion and myths. He would have smiled I think when the Supernova teams under Perlmutter and Schmidt discovered our universe is accelerating its expansion. The writer mixes the chapters so that you follow his life as his ideas develop. As a biography and style of writing throughly recommended.

Interessantes Buch

This book has all the history, all the details, all the math, all the wild hair, and all the fun. This was the only book I had read on the man, and I think it will be the last, since I can't imagine anything better. Well written, moves fast, you feel like you really learned a thing or two or three. Even the theories are explored in terms you can visualize (key method Einstein used was to visualize ideas in his head...) and while we won't get it all, we get enough to realize how gifted the man was. A pretty good person too, though human like us all and took a few missteps here and there, which brings him closer to us as a human rather than this Sheldon genius.

A lively and engaging work! The opening draws one in and knocks your socks off. Loved it. With no scientific knowledge or ability, I was able to follow the explanations of the Relativity Theory and the General Relativity subtleties. But there is so much more in the human story too. Readable, memorable, admirable!