Einstein: The Life And Times
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: one rip on jacket cover seam (in image) - otherwise fine.
A landmark work of scientific biography, Ronald W. Clark's Einstein: The Life and Times chronicles the full arc of Albert Einstein's extraordinary life, from his unconventional childhood in Germany to his emergence as the twentieth century's most celebrated scientific mind. Clark draws on personal letters, interviews, and archival research to present an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the theory of relativity, illuminating both his towering intellectual achievements and his deeply human contradictions. Written with narrative authority and meticulous detail, the biography illustrates how Einstein's pacifism, Zionism, and political convictions were as central to his identity as his revolutionary physics. Clark also uncovers the personal struggles that shadowed Einstein's genius — his complicated marriages, his estrangement from his son, and his uneasy relationship with fame — rendering a complete and compelling human portrait. This definitive biography remains an essential read for anyone seeking to understand not just the science, but the soul of the man who forever changed our understanding of the universe.
Author: Ronald W. Clark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Hodder and Stoughton
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: one rip on jacket cover seam (in image) - otherwise fine.
A landmark work of scientific biography, Ronald W. Clark's Einstein: The Life and Times chronicles the full arc of Albert Einstein's extraordinary life, from his unconventional childhood in Germany to his emergence as the twentieth century's most celebrated scientific mind. Clark draws on personal letters, interviews, and archival research to present an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the theory of relativity, illuminating both his towering intellectual achievements and his deeply human contradictions. Written with narrative authority and meticulous detail, the biography illustrates how Einstein's pacifism, Zionism, and political convictions were as central to his identity as his revolutionary physics. Clark also uncovers the personal struggles that shadowed Einstein's genius — his complicated marriages, his estrangement from his son, and his uneasy relationship with fame — rendering a complete and compelling human portrait. This definitive biography remains an essential read for anyone seeking to understand not just the science, but the soul of the man who forever changed our understanding of the universe.