Book Review

Einstein (2007)

Details Release Date: Apr 10, 2007; Writer: Walter Isaacson; Genres: Biography, Nonfiction; Publisher: Simon & Schuster

In Einstein, Ex-TIME magazine boss, Walter Isaacson, brings Einstein's human side into sharp focus and even manages to explain the science (and why it matters) clearly and accurately. English majors need not quake.

Fun Fact
The Swiss army rejected the young pacifist for flat, sweaty feet and varicose veins.

Lowdown
What Isaacson's bio lacks in originality it makes up for in synthesis and stories too good to need any spin.

Originally posted Apr 13, 2007 Published in issue #930 Apr 20, 2007 Order article reprints

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