Einstein: A Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374146640 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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NOT FOR THE MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS CHALLENGED Jerry D. Young The opening chapter is the key to opening EINSTEIN by Jurgen Neffe. The vivid prose describes Thomas Harvey's autopsy of Albert Einstein's brain. Harvey basically steals the brain in which "he (Harvey) is certain, lies the key to understanding the greatest intellectual creative power." The chapter stands as a metaphor for Neffe's literary dissection of Einstein's psychological and rational mind.I suppose that when I chose Jurgen Neffe's b. Amazon Customer said Time well spent. This is far from your average biography. To begin with, the narrative is not chronological. The author holds Einstein like a jewel and exposes him one facet at a time. It is a nontraditional approach to a unique man. But it works. The reader is left to put the parts together and it reveals a complex person like anyone, and unlike anyone ever. Also unique in this book is the access the author provides to the science -- yesterday's, today's. "insights into Einstein's life and work" according to Zach Scott. This is an excellent biography of Albert Einstein, whom Neffe considers "one of the greatest men in the history of the world." In addition to special and general relativity (including how these ideas developed in his mind), there is very good coverage of Einstein's contributions to quantum physics, including the photoelectric effect, the duality of light, Bose-Einstein statistics and condensates, stimulated emission, and the EPR paradox.
. From Publishers Weekly Rarely has a single individual been so farsighted and myopic at the same time," Neffe observes, setting off to illuminate the truth behind the legend of Albert Einstein. This expanded version of Neffe's acclaimed biography first published in Germany in 2005 takes advantage of newly discovered documents, including the diaries of Einstein's Berlin physician, János Plesch, and letters from Einstein to his first wife, Mileva, and his sons, Hans Albert and Eduard. Neffe repeatedly cites Einstein's dual nature: intelligent and serious, while simultaneously "childlike" and cheerful; a man whose theory of relativity changed the way we see
Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity. Much of Einstein's life is shrouded in legend. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. From popular images and advertisements to various works of theater and fiction, he has come to signify so many things. In Einstein: A Biography, Jürgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth. And with a background in the sciences, he describes and contextualizes Einstein's enormous contributions to our scientific legacy. Einstein, a breakout bestseller in Germany, is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called "the brain of the twentieth century.". A self-pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life, democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the social impact of his discoveries. Unearthing new documents, including a series of previously unknown letters from Einstein to his sons, which shed new light on his role as a father, Neffe paints a ri