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Einstein

His Life and Universe

Einstein( )
Author: Isaacson, Walter
ISBN:978-0-7432-6473-0
Publication Date:May 2007
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $49.99
Book Description:

School Slaughter At 8 a.m. on Wednesday October 11997 nerdy overweight outcast Luke Woodham16 entered his Pearl Mississippi high school to settle some scores. Armed with a .30-30 hunting rifle he opened fire and then calmly walked out of the school door leaving two teenage girls dead and another seven students seriously wounded. Police soon discovered that Woodham's 11-minute rampage had actually begun hours before at home where they found his mother Mary Anne brutally beaten with a...
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Book Details
Pages:704
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Science / Physics / Relativity
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.875 x 23.495 x 4.572 cm
Book Weight:1.068 Kilograms
Author Biography
Isaacson, Walter (Author)
Walter Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B. A. in history and literature from Harvard College. He then attended the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College and read philosophy, politics, and economics.

He began his career in journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003.

He has written numerous books including American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, Steve Jobs, and The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. He is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

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