As a scientist, Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. Albert Einstein as a man, however, has been a much harder portrait to paint, and what we know of him as a husband, father, and friend is fragmentary at best. With Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson (author of the bestselling biographies Benjamin Franklin and Kissinger) brings...
As a scientist, Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. Albert Einstein as a man, however, has been a much harder portrait to paint, and what we know of him as a husband, father, and friend is fragmentary at best. With Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson (author of the bestselling biographies Benjamin Franklin and Kissinger) brings Einstein's experience of life, love, and intellectual discovery into brilliant focus. The book is the first biography to tackle Einstein's enormous volume of personal correspondence that heretofore had been sealed from the public, and it's hard to imagine another book that could do such a richly textured and complicated life as Einstein's the same thoughtful justice. Isaacson is a master of the form and this latest opus is at once arresting and wonderfully revelatory. --Anne Bartholomew
Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC.
Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC.
Biography
Rhodes Scholar, historian, and bestselling author Walter Isaacson began his distinguished career as a journalist -- first for London's Sunday Times, then for The Times-Picayune/States-Item, published in his hometown of New Orleans. He joined Time magazine in 1978, working his way up from political correspondent to managing editor in a little less than two decades. He served for two years as chairman and CEO of the cable TV news network CNN; then, in 2003, he became president of the Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit organization "dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue." In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, and he serves on a number of policy-making boards and councils.
In literary circles, Isaacson is best known as the writer of magisterial biographies, scholarly and meticulously researched, yet immensely entertaining. His first book, however, was a collaborative effort. Co-written with award-winning journalist Evan Thomas, and published in 1986, The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made explores the lives of six men who shaped government and public policy in the years following WWII. Examining an era too recent to be called history and too distant to qualify as current affairs, the book received mixed reviews but was universally praised for its ambitious scope and elegant style.
Isaacson's subsequent biographies, all solo efforts (and all critically acclaimed), have chronicled the lives of such disparate figures as Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He explains what has drawn him to such widely divergent subjects -- men, who on the surface would appear to have very little in common: "I like writing about people with interesting minds. I try to explore the various aspects of intelligence: common sense, wisdom, creativity, imagination, mental processing power, emotional understanding, and moral values. Which of these traits are the most important? How do they make someone an influential or significant or good person?"
目录
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Main Characters
CHAPTER ONE
The Light-Beam Rider
CHAPTER TWO
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Main Characters
CHAPTER ONE
The Light-Beam Rider
CHAPTER TWO
Childhood, 1879-1896
CHAPTER THREE
The Zurich Polytechnic, 1896-1900
CHAPTER FOUR
The Lovers, 1900-1904
CHAPTER FIVE
The Miracle Year: Quanta and Molecules, 1905
CHAPTER SIX
Special Relativity, 1905
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Happiest Thought, 1906-1909
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Wandering Professor, 1909-1914
CHAPTER NINE
General Relativity, 1911-1915
CHAPTER TEN
Divorce, 1916-1919
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Einstein's Universe, 1916-1919
CHAPTER TWELVE
Fame, 1919
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Wandering Zionist, 1920-1921
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Nobel Laureate, 1921-1927
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Unified Field Theories, 1923-1931
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Turning Fifty, 1929-1931
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Einstein's God
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Refugee, 1932-1933
CHAPTER NINETEEN
America, 1933-1939
CHAPTER TWENTY
Quantum Entanglement, 1935
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
The Bomb, 1939-1945
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
One-Worlder, 1945-1948
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Landmark, 1948-1953
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Red Scare, 1951-1954
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
The End, 1955
EPILOGUE
Einstein's Brain and Einstein's Mind
Sources
Notes
Index
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read his biography when i was young, and didn't understand much. but this time amazed by the intelligence, curiosity, humbleness of this scientist. seems he could befriend any man (maybe not woman). w...read his biography when i was young, and didn't understand much. but this time amazed by the intelligence, curiosity, humbleness of this scientist. seems he could befriend any man (maybe not woman). what's also interesting, is his witnessing and involvements the momentous events on 20th century: 1st world war, nazism, and nuclear weapon.(展开)
This book was quite similar to Steve Jobs. Probably, the author Walter has re-used a lot of words when writing Steve Jobs's biography. But, Einstein did have a lot in common with Jobs as both of them were typical non-conformists. The structure of the book...
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0 有用 Momomo 2013-02-26 00:51:31
One of the BEST Books read in 2012.
0 有用 dlf 2022-09-20 06:44:33 美国
Isaacson系列～印象最深的一是他有个从未见过的女儿，一辈子也再未提及过她，似乎这个生命从未来过这个世界一般，想到罗翔曾经说过的爱抽象的人类胜过爱具体的人，爱因斯坦似乎也是如此。一是他后半生对量子力学的种种排斥，前半生屠龙后半生成为龙，大多伟人都不免俗。看后对普朗克和波尔倒是产生了很大兴趣，准备想把上帝掷骰子吗看了！
0 有用 Silwile 2013-12-15 17:08:10
An illuminating delight...
0 有用 Creasy 2019-10-18 08:40:26
He's like Sheldon... or, Sheldon mostly comes from him
0 有用 keane 2016-02-04 15:08:41
Like a rebel
0 有用 Daffy 2024-04-30 08:57:40 中国香港
「有声书」书的最后说自由意志是爱因斯坦富有创造性的根本原因，也应该是社会各界努力为科研人员提供的保证；而压抑、侮辱将是最大程度上磨灭创造力的。从另一面而言，爱因斯坦年少时的“自由意志”让我几乎误以为我在看一部渣男的成长史。而随着年龄的增长爱因斯坦又以一个睿智温和的老人示人，甚至勾起我的“怜爱”之心。。。我想如果我们抛开爱因斯坦的学术贡献，把他当成一个有故事的人来看，我们生活中的老人家和他一样，都可... 「有声书」书的最后说自由意志是爱因斯坦富有创造性的根本原因，也应该是社会各界努力为科研人员提供的保证；而压抑、侮辱将是最大程度上磨灭创造力的。从另一面而言，爱因斯坦年少时的“自由意志”让我几乎误以为我在看一部渣男的成长史。而随着年龄的增长爱因斯坦又以一个睿智温和的老人示人，甚至勾起我的“怜爱”之心。。。我想如果我们抛开爱因斯坦的学术贡献，把他当成一个有故事的人来看，我们生活中的老人家和他一样，都可以通过他们的一言一行让我们懂得很多很多。 (展开)
0 有用 Tony 2024-01-05 11:04:23 江苏
前前后后读了好久，爱因斯坦的伟大不在于他的大脑（生物学），而在于他是一个充满好奇心，一个不墨守成规，一个崇尚自由的人，当然他也是一个普通人，有爱情家庭的烦恼，甚至我觉得他是个渣男。
0 有用 恍若隔世 2023-12-31 03:52:29 美国
read his biography when i was young, and didn't understand much. but this time amazed by the intelligence, curiosity, humbleness of this scientist. seems he could befriend any man (maybe not woman). w... read his biography when i was young, and didn't understand much. but this time amazed by the intelligence, curiosity, humbleness of this scientist. seems he could befriend any man (maybe not woman). what's also interesting, is his witnessing and involvements the momentous events on 20th century: 1st world war, nazism, and nuclear weapon. (展开)
0 有用 Easypour Spout 2023-12-21 16:25:36 广东
所有传记都要写的如此事无巨细吗？总体还行吧，有点无聊，物理也实在不适合我。
0 有用 猩猩 2023-11-08 16:10:11 上海
传记大拿就是稳。讲到学术的部份已经很努力keep it simple了然而我还是完全看不懂🤣