Einstein: The Life and Times - Softcover

Clark, Ronald W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340234555 ISBN 13: 9780340234556

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1982

Synopsis

Ronald W. Clark's definitive biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor who confidently claimed that space and time were not what they seemed. Here is the classic portrait of the scientist and the the boy growing up in the Swiss Alps, the young man caught in an unhappy first marriage, the passionate pacifist who agonized over making The Bomb, the indifferent Zionist asked to head the Israeli state, the physicist who believed in God.

About this title

About the Author

Born in London, Ronald W. Clark (1918–1987) spent three years researching and writing Einstein: The Life and Times. Among his other works are The Huxleys; JBS (the biography of biologist J. B. S. Haldane); The Life of Bertrand Russell; Freud: The Man and the Cause; and The Greatest Power on Earth: The International Race for Supremacy.

Review

A fascinating description of the career and substance of a genius. -- Christian Science Monitor

"A nonscientific reader will gain a real and imaginative impression of Einsteinian physicsA remarkable feat. Read the book. It is well worth it." -- C.P. Snow, Life

"An adventure of the intellect, challenging and absorbing." -- Vancouver Sun

"Applauded for its precision as well as its perception." -- Chicago Tribune

"Clark not only brings Einstein alive, but also the scientific and intellectual issues." -- Los Angeles Times

"Encyclopedic! Vivid and readable." -- New York Times Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340234555
• ISBN 13: 9780340234556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672