Einstein his life and universe review
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Einstein: His Discrimination and Universe
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I recently finished this book Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. And here are my thoughts on the book.
It’s a book that brings the image of Einstein to life.
Although the book is a biography, it makes a reasonable effort in explaining the physics behind his theories of relativity, photoelectric effect and quantum physics. Physics in the book can be intimidating to someone coming from the non-Scientific background. Since it is in the early chapters, one might feel a compulsion to abandon the book. Still, I would urge you to persevere, and the story flows like any novel after that.
There are many epigrams stated by Einstein that are worth quoting, and I found them fascinating. His observations of extremism in Germany are very much visible in the present world and in India.
“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth”
This statement made a lasting mark on me. This book has definitely made me non-conformist and sceptic of the authority of any kind. Where Einstein later contemplated:
“To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.”
With so many people associated with Einstein, it is sometimes hard to picture someone against their names. So someone starting the book should g
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There are countless biographies written about Einstein. I picked Isaacson’s without hesitation after reading Steve Jobs by Isaacson last year. It was a very rewarding read.
Einstein did his most significant and crowning work early in his life. Being a non-conformist, he had trouble making friends in school and alliances in college. As a result, when he graduated he really didn’t have any professors that would vouch for him or help him get a job at a university. Things were tough, and he finally took on a position at the Swiss patent office. While working there, he struggled to finish his Ph.D. and it took several tries before he succeeded.
This book tells the story of a modest, quirky, blockheaded and fiercely dedicated young scientist who, while working as a patent clerk during the day, wrote papers in Physics in his spare time and turned the world of Physics upside down, all by age 25.
The Theory of Relativity made Einstein’s name and eventually resulted in him being one of the most recognized people in the world. Unlike any scientist, with the possible exception of Isaac Newton 200 years before him, he attained the popular status of a universal celebrity. Einstein was a rock star scientist.
I didn’t know how much difficulty he had wi