![]() ![]() "The depth and variety of Einstein's thinking about nature, the scope and color of his life, and the complexity of his character have," he admits, "about them something alarming to a biographer."Įven so, Foelsing, a physicist- turned-science journalist in his native Germany, manages to bring to life the man who rose from the obscurity of the Swiss patent office not only to shake physics with his revolutionary ideas about space and time but also to become for much of the public the very personification of science. Sometimes saintly, other times fiercely combative, Einstein is, in Foelsing's view, a figure of almost "unfathomable" subtlety. Yet somehow Albrecht Foelsing, in his massive and richly detailed "Albert Einstein: A Biography," has managed to bring a fresh tint to this iconic figure of modern science.Įinstein, as portrayed by Foelsing, is still recognizable as the shaggy-haired genius whose unsettled private life stood in perplexing contrast to his serene contemplation of the universe. ![]() In the four decades since his death, so much has been written about Albert Einstein - as a scientist, humanist and all- purpose sage - it's hard to imagine that anything new could be said about the father of relativity. By Albrecht Foelsing, translated by Ewald Osers ![]()
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