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No man—not Hitler, not Gandhi, not Franklin D. Roosevelt—did more to shape and reshape the twentieth century than Albert Einstein. His ideas exploded centuries of established physics, paving the way for electronics, space exploration, and the atomic bomb. The very device on which you read this blurb would not exist without his work. But amazingly, Einstein’s influence didn’t stop with his scientific ideas; he also became a pre-eminent advocate for world peace and nuclear disarmament, and was offered the presidency of the new state of Israel.In this readable, compact biography, Alexander Kennedy surveys every aspect of this complex, towering figure that pop culture too often reduces to a cartoon absent-minded professor or Apple advertisement. By exploring the darker corners of Einstein’s life—such as the way anti-Semitism shaped his childhood, and the nastiness of his 1919 divorce from Mileva Maric—readers come away with a renewed sense of wonder at his many triumphs. Written with the lay reader in mind, Einstein: A Life of Genius includes readily understandable explanations of even advanced theories such as general relativity. By the end, we not only understand how Albert Einstein’s genius has shaped our past, but how it continues to shape the future of our species as well."The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." - Albert EinsteinBuy Now to Discover:Explanations of Einstein’s most important scientific contributions, including quanta, special relativity, general relativity, and his analysis of Brownian motion.Debunkings of popular Einstein myths, including the claim that he failed math as a young boy.A detailed exploration of Einstein’s personal life, including his divorce and complicated relationships with his children.Einstein’s key role in the creation of the Manhattan Project.Einstein’s political activism and the resultant FBI investigation.A look at Einstein’s role in pop culture.Insights and witticisms in Einstein’s own words.Read Your Book NowYour book will be instantly and automatically delivered to your Kindle device, smartphone, tablet, and computer.FREE Bonus BookBuy Einstein: A Life of Genius now and receive instant access to your free Kindle ebook.Money Back GuaranteeIf you start reading our book and are not completely satisfied with your purchase, simply return it to within 7 days for a full refund. Go to Your Account -> Manage Your Content and Devices -> Find the Book -> Return for Full Refund.Buy Now and Read the True Story of Albert Einstein...Thank you in advance for buying our book. We know you'll love it!
File Size: 4476 KB
Print Length: 180 pages
Publisher: Fritzen Media (February 1, 2016)
Publication Date: February 1, 2016
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01BE3L9BU
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This recitation would only fill a thin booklet and whether the public would care to pay that price for the paperback remains to be seen. The narrative flows freely and is interesting in itself, but the disclaimer at the beginning alerts the reader to the fact that the author does in no way justify his statements such as footnotes, etc. For just a short off-the-cuff recitation, that wouldn’t be necessary, but there are substantial statements made that most readers would like to know the basis for them. Anyone can pick out statements from various places, but the reader has to question the veracity of them if this is to be a rather bleak biography. For instance, I read once that Einstein only slept three hours at a time, twice a day and that it was while he slept, that he got his scientific impressions. Also, I read that his daughter said that after he needed to leave Europe because he was a Jew and wanted to save his life, he was always morose and depressed after that. I have no way of knowing whether those two last statements are true or not. Hence, the necessity for footnotes.The author says he just wants to write an interesting booklet about a famous man. That is the difference between writing fact and fiction. Several of your famous historical fiction writers of books in the back will state where they got their information and what they filled in out of their imagination.Just reading through this booklet, was light reading and flowed smoothly except for the verb, which needed to be past tense, and of course, it was a lot less work on the author then to show where he got his statements by using footnotes. As far as the charge of plagiarism as alluded to by one reviewer, that is its own issue and it would be hard to prove it unless it was verbatim.
REVIEW REQUESTEDMechanically, this book was well written. Punctuation in place, grammar adhered to nicely, spelling correct for the most part. Related to the spelling issue, there were a large number of instances in the text in which it appeared as if the letters had been mistakenly dropped (i.e.al owed). I’m not certain that this was the author’s error since it’s consistently a dropped letter, rather than a misspelling. Also, there was a very occasional mistake in word usage (i.e “When he wasn’t studying complex mathematics, he played with model construction sets and take long walks in the woods” [should be "took").Additionally, while I appreciate the author’s desire to keep the material simple for the reader, I was occasionally left wondering how he reached certain conclusions and would loved to have been provided a bit more information so that I could have drawn my own conclusions. For example: “He felt stifled by the education system of the time, and bored with the curriculum, but his grades, at least in the subjects that interested him, were good”. The preceding paragraphs skim over information about his grades and provides a couple of quotes related to education and educators, neither of which I interpreted as disdain as the author concluded; and nothing was provided in which to deduce Einstein felt stifled by education. Again, a bit more information would have been useful in instances such as this.Overall, it was a decently-written attempt at a biographical work, but as detailed information on Einstein is not common knowledge, I expected to see, at the least, a reference page denoting where the author obtained his facts.
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