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Overview'Fascinating and vivid' CARLO ROVELLI DROPOUT, PACIFIST, PHYSICIST, CASANOVA, REFUGEE, GENIUS . . . WHO WAS ALBERT EINSTEIN? The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered relativity, black holes and E = mc2, Einstein was also a high-school failure with an FBI file 1,400 pages long. From his lost daughter to escaping the Nazis, from dining with Charlie Chaplin to refusing the Presidency of Israel, Einstein in Time and Space tells 99 unexpected stories of the man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within it. 'Unforgettable' the i, Book of the Month 'Compelling' Wall Street Journal Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel GraydonPublisher: John Murray Press Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 19.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 12.80cm Weight: 0.220kg ISBN: 9781529372502ISBN 10: 152937250 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 09 May 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsIlluminating * Nature * A mosaic biography of an exceptional scientist . . . [pieced together] with illuminating skill, style, candour and charm * TLS * For all the thousands of biographies previously written of him, I think Graydon has done a fine and often fascinating job here, and anyone with an interest in science and scientists will absolutely lap this up * Mail on Sunday * Author InformationSamuel Graydon is the science editor at the Times Literary Supplement. He has published short fiction and been longlisted for an Alpine fellowship. This is his first book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |