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"Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing "A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned." —Kirkus Review

"Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly  

"The most fascinating aspect of London-based journalist David Bodanis’ biography “Einstein’s Greatest Mistake” is in revealing just how much of Einstein’s early success was related to his own dogged perseverance... [Bodanis] recounts the details of Einstein’s inspiration and work on the General Theory of Relativity in clear terms and with more historical context than what is usually found in textbooks." —Forbes “The author’s style is highly entertaining. The composition of the manuscript, interweaving stories of people, of scientific principles, of Einstein’s forward vision and troubling challenges, form a narrative that science readers will admire. For anyone interested in the greatest scientist of our time, this book should be required reading.” —Astronomy Magazine "What Bodanis does brilliantly is to give us a feel for Einstein as a person. I don't think I've ever read a book that does this as well... Whenever there's a chance for storytelling, Bodanis triumphs."  —Popular Science “Bodanis has... [an] extraordinary ability to explain complicated physics... Bodanis is a lot like Einstein—minus the great mistake.  Both see fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity. In this book, theories of the universe morph into theories of life.”—The Times (London) “Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor.”Publishers Weekly “Bodanis explores Einstein’s all-too-human traits, from inflexibility to professional frustrations and the complications of his two marriages. By also explaining the theories that made Einstein Einstein, Bodanis crafts an accessible introduction to this iconic genius.”Booklist “A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned.”—Kirkus Review "Bodanis makes Einstein’s theories graspable. . . . [His] biography offers a window onto Einstein’s achievements and missteps, as well as his life—his friendships, his complicated love life (two marriages, many affairs) and his isolation from other scientists at the end of his life."  —BookPage “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing

"Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly "Bodanis explores Einstein’s all-too-human traits, from inflexibility to professional frustrations and the complications of his two marriages. By also explaining the theories that made Einstein Einstein, Bodanis crafts an accessible introduction to this iconic genius."Booklist "A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned." —Kirkus Review “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing

“Bodanis has... [an] extraordinary ability to explain complicated physics... Bodanis is a lot like Einstein—minus the great mistake.  Both see fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity.”—The Times (London) "Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly "Bodanis explores Einstein’s all-too-human traits, from inflexibility to professional frustrations and the complications of his two marriages. By also explaining the theories that made Einstein Einstein, Bodanis crafts an accessible introduction to this iconic genius."Booklist "A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned." —Kirkus Review “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing

"Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing

“Bodanis has... [an] extraordinary ability to explain complicated physics... Bodanis is a lot like Einstein—minus the great mistake.  Both see fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity. In this book, theories of the universe morph into theories of life.”—The Times (London) "Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor."Publishers Weekly "Bodanis explores Einstein’s all-too-human traits, from inflexibility to professional frustrations and the complications of his two marriages. By also explaining the theories that made Einstein Einstein, Bodanis crafts an accessible introduction to this iconic genius."Booklist "A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned." —Kirkus Review “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing

PRAISE FOR E=MC2:

  Washington PostSunday Telegraph, and Library Journal Best Book of the Year    “By the end of the astonishing E=mc2, a dedicated reader will have achieved, if only by osmosis, an understanding of Einstein's theory of relativity and feel quite at ease dining with Nobel Prize winners. It's a lucid, even thrilling study: the very best kind of science journalism. I didn't know I could know so much.” —Fay Weldon, Books of the Year, The Washington Post

 “With skill and plenty of colourful anecdotes Bodanis traces the intellectual ancestry of E=mc2... Fast moving and entertaining.” The Times (London)

  PRAISE FOR THE SECRET HOUSE: New York Times Bestseller “Nothing short of astounding. Richly original.” New York Times “Wonderful.” San Francisco Chronicle “Utterly original and mesmerizing. A marvelously captivating book... well-done.” The Washington Post Book World PRAISE FOR PASSIONATE MINDS:   A BBC Book of the Week   “Highly entertaining.” Washington Post “Highly entertaining... and holds the most agreeable surprises.... A story well worth the retelling, and Bodanis tells it vividly.” Sunday Times (London)  



“The author’s style is highly entertaining. The composition of the manuscript, interweaving stories of people, of scientific principles, of Einstein’s forward vision and troubling challenges, form a narrative that science readers will admire. For anyone interested in the greatest scientist of our time, this book should be required reading.” —Astronomy Magazine “Bodanis has... [an] extraordinary ability to explain complicated physics... Bodanis is a lot like Einstein—minus the great mistake.  Both see fun in physics, both love simplicity and brevity. In this book, theories of the universe morph into theories of life.”—The Times (London) “Writer and futurist Bodanis (Passionate Minds) imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist...This provocative biography illuminates the human flaws that operate subtly in the shadows of scientific endeavor.”Publishers Weekly “Bodanis explores Einstein’s all-too-human traits, from inflexibility to professional frustrations and the complications of his two marriages. By also explaining the theories that made Einstein Einstein, Bodanis crafts an accessible introduction to this iconic genius.”Booklist “A brief biography of 'the greatest mind of the modern age' and his revolutionary ideas... Engaging and with more emphasis on the difficulties the scientist faced when physics moved away from the classical view he never abandoned.”—Kirkus Review “Einstein’s greatest mistake was not his introduction of the Cosmological Constant in his famous equation of General Relativity, but rather his stubborn unwillingness to accept the reality of quantum mechanics.  Once he divorced his thinking from the experimental forefront, his contributions to physics waned.  David Bodanis gently describes Einstein’s growing detachment from modern physics, shedding light on both Einstein the man and on several of his theories that did change our concept of the Universe.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, best-selling author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing
Présentation de l'éditeur :
From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life, he was ignored by most working scientists, and his ideas were opposed by even his closest friends.   How did this happen? Einstein's imagination and self-confidence served him well when he was young. But when it came to the new field of quantum mechanics, the same traits undermined him. Bestselling biographer David Bodanis traces Einstein from the skeptical, erratic student to the world's most brilliant physicist—and then to the desolate, fallen-from-grace celebrity.   An intimate biography touching on the romances and rivalries of the celebrated physicist, as much as on his scientific goals, Einstein's Greatest Mistake reveals what we owe Einstein today—and how much more he might have achieved if not for his all-too-human flaws.

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