How did Einstein''s mind work? What made him a
genius? Isaacson''s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between
creativity and freedom.
Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk -- a struggling father in a
difficult marriage who couldn''t get a teaching job or a doctorate became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the
mysteries of the atom and the universe. His
success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries
that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and
politics based on respect for
free minds, free spirits, and free
individuals. These traits are just as vital for this new
century of
globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as
they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.
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