Einstein - His Life and Universe - Walter Isaacson
Summary
- A very extensive and detailed biography of Einsteins life, told in an vivid and interesting manner.
How I discovered it
- I was in a library in Thika and the guy next to me was reading this book. When he left I picked it up and it was really interesting.
How the book changed me
- I have an increased respect for Einstein and his scientific genius, but also his principles as a human being.
Details
- Even Einstein had a hard time getting a job
- Einsteins job as a patent examiner helped him develop his physics
- Einstein's most elegant imaginative paper had no citations, acknowlegements or references
- Einstein viewed the lack of miracles as proof of God's existence
- Einstein on the downsides of capitalism
References
Quotes
- Brief is this existence, as a fleeting visit in a strange house, The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness - Albert Einstein
- I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein
- And thus it was that an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe - Walter Isaacson on Einstein