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Einstein in time and space

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His face is one of the most recognisable in history. His name is shorthand for ‘genius’. His fame is inextricable from his person. Today, he’s a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even of the age. But who was Einstein really? Samuel Graydon tackles this giant of intellect by breaking Einstein’s life down into 99 particles, through which he explores Einstein’s agglomeration of selves, contradictory as much as cohesive. Ranging from extracts of Einstein’s fascinating letters to his scientific theories to his romantic relationships to his thoughts on the historical moment, Graydon explores the mosaic of Einstein.

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‘Fascinating and vivid’ CARLO ROVELLI

DROPOUT, PACIFIST, PHYSICIST, CASANOVA, REFUGEE, GENIUS . . . WHO WAS ALBERT EINSTEIN?

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered relativity, black holes and E = mc2, Einstein was also a high-school failure with an FBI file 1,400 pages long.

From his lost daughter to escaping the Nazis, from dining with Charlie Chaplin to refusing the Presidency of Israel, Einstein in Time and Space tells 99 unexpected stories of the man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within it.

‘Unforgettable’ the i, Book of the Month
‘Compelling’ Wall Street Journal

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Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 12.8 × 19.6 × 2.6 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

530.092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K