Einstein

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• Einstein

  La presentazione e le recensioni di "Einstein. La sua vita, il suo universo", saggio di Walter Isaacson edito da Mondadori. Quando, nel 1900, Lord Kelvin dichiarò che la fisica non aveva ormai "nulla di nuovo da scoprire", il mondo scientifico non so ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Sun, 28 Nov 2010

• A flat-footed hero

  Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster £25, pp675 In 2005, astronomers and cosmologists celebrated - in style - the 100th anniversary of their annus mirabilis: 1905. This was the year in which Albert Einstein wrote a set ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

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  An insight into a great man by a writer who does bore you to death.

  I had to abandon this book for awhile, not because of the way it's written, which is smooth, informing and quite like a fictional novel. It is my brain and the way I think that made me abandon it early, even though I was thoroughly enjoying and agree with the man it is about quite definitively. I ... (continue)

  I had to abandon this book for awhile, not because of the way it's written, which is smooth, informing and quite like a fictional novel. It is my brain and the way I think that made me abandon it early, even though I was thoroughly enjoying and agree with the man it is about quite definitively. I blame the dry, factual, mundane way History in High School used to drag me through learning and I have never been able to shake off the ill feeling and shudders that come over me whenever a non-fiction book comes along. This one was a delight, wish all teaching books were this good.

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  Bradley S. Hartman said on May 31, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Quantum Life of Einstein

  I have picked up this book at the same time while I was reading "A briefer History of Time." These two books make a good companion.

  No doubt it is difficult to write Einstein's Biography with his most famous "Special and General Relativity Theories." Though these theories are famous, there are sti ... (continue)

  I have picked up this book at the same time while I was reading "A briefer History of Time." These two books make a good companion.

  No doubt it is difficult to write Einstein's Biography with his most famous "Special and General Relativity Theories." Though these theories are famous, there are still few people can fully grasp the essence of them. Einstein has given us not just the theories that help us decipher the secret of the universe, it also enforces the philosophical meanings of fulfilling human's curiosity that differs our beings from others.

  Issacson continued his comprehensive natural of his biographical works. A lot of information and materials are revealed in the book that support facts for Einstein's life. Like the one for Benjamin Franklin, I see a thick book with abundant information, but I cannot feel the soul of the person from the biographer tried to depict.

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  artie said on Jan 24, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  An excellent, eye-opening and very well read biography of one of the world's most notorious non-conformists. Isaacson brings insight into the man behind the well-known persona and shares the all too human flaws that Einstein possessed right along with a greater appreciation for his unparallelled gen ... (continue)

  An excellent, eye-opening and very well read biography of one of the world's most notorious non-conformists. Isaacson brings insight into the man behind the well-known persona and shares the all too human flaws that Einstein possessed right along with a greater appreciation for his unparallelled genius in the context in the world and times. A bit on the long side, but very informative and enjoyable.

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  SeanaMO said on Feb 28, 2008 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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  Mr. Isaacson had access to the previously sealed Einstein Correspondence Trust. His rendering of Albert and his family and his correspondents makes his genius as humane as I've read it.

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  Paul Panaretos said on Oct 2, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 704 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1847390544
• ISBN-13: 9781847390547
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Pub date: May 06, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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