- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Plume; Reissue edition (Jan 1 1981)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0452261937
- ISBN-13: 978-0452261938
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,006,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Einstein by very close collaborators,
This review is from: Albert Einstein Creator And Rebel (Paperback)
Why is this book so good? Its first phrase is:"We sketch in this book the story of a profoundly simple man." This could be done only by friends. And friends the authors are. Banesh Hoffman, a collaborator of Einstein's, happens to be a great writer, possibly the best as books for the layman are concerned. Helen Dukas, the other author, was Einstein's secretary for many years. The book is very beautifully produced, full of nice photographs. Relativity is really explained. A labor of love which deserves much more popularity.
3.0 out of 5 stars
'like you or me but smarter and better in all ways',
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This review is from: Albert Einstein Creator And Rebel (Paperback)
not to say that einstein wasn't exceptionally clever, but i found the tone of this book to be leaning a bit to far to the 'worship einstein as a minor deity' side of things. any potential cause to think less of old albert is glossed over in an unapealing way. the examples that come to mind are the minimal treatment that poincare's accomplishments regarding relativity recieve, and the minimal information on his divorces. i wish the authors had stepped down from the altar of the holy einstein long enough to give him a human treatment. even the title is a bit much. creator and rebel? it would be funny if it weren't sadly earnest.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Insightful, but...,
By Nathan Hedges (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Albert Einstein Creator And Rebel (Paperback)
In the first chapter the author uses a meeting Albert Einstein had with Charlie Chaplan to criticize the way in which ordinary people have come to worship famous people. Yet a few pages later, page 14 to be exact, the author writes, "...considering little Albert was to become none other than Einstein..." Perhaps I interpreted this statement wrong, but it seems as if the author is falling into the very hero-worship that he attacked earlier. I don't know. I am aware that Einstein had a certain philosophy regarding the correct way to write a biography, but this book was extremely dry. I was constantly reminded that I'm reading this for a physics class. Zzzz.....
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