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By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein How did his mind work What made him a genius Isaacsons biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein this book explores how an imaginative impertinent patent clerka struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldnt get a teaching job or a doctoratebecame the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds free spirits and free individuals These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization in which our success will depend on our creativity as they were for the beginning of the last century when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.
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Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
