Einstein: His Life and Universe is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson. The biographical analysis of Albert Einstein's life and legacy was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007, and it has received a generally positive critical reception from multiple fronts, praise appearing from an official Amazon.com review as well as in publications such as The Guardian and Physics Today.In broad terms, the book portrays Einstein as an insolent figure who possessed a strong sense of creativity and independence that, had the physicist succeeded in achieving academic employment as a young man, could have gotten quashed due to the atmosphere of the times.
Mr Isaacson does it again - another brilliant biography that jumps off the page at you, and next think you know it's as if you're standing over the shoulder of the protagonist as you delve in to their life's story and way of thinking. Bravo!
A thoroughly researched biography of the great man. Chapters vary through personal life, scientific study and politics. The author credits the help he got with the mathematics and physics, which read smoothly. A very interesting read!
