Einstein in Love A Scientific Romance |
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Author:
| Overbye, Dennis |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-100221-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2001 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research,
Einstein in Love is a penetrating...
More Description In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern era's most influential thinker.