Author: Walter Isaacson – Acclaimed biographer (Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci), former CEO of CNN, and professor of history at Tulane University. Known for weaving science and humanity into compelling narratives.
Key Insights:
This definitive biography reveals Einstein as both genius and human:
The Rebel Thinker:
Patent clerk who overturned Newtonian physics at 26
1905 "Miracle Year" (Relativity, E=mc², Quantum theory)
Why he resisted his own quantum discoveries later
The Moral Compass:
Pacifist who urged FDR to build the atomic bomb
Zionist who rejected nationalism
FBI’s 1,400-page "Communist" dossier on him
The Unfinished Quest:
30-year search for a unified field theory